Coventry’s 1960s buildings are to be flattened for new homes in huge scheme

A 1960s housing estate in Coventry is to be demolished to make way for new homes. Work to flatten Trafalgar House, Kerry House and Milestone House is due to start in October this year.

It is the first part of a planned £120m regeneration of an area of ​​Spon End by social housing provider Citizen. Residents of the 158 flats have been forced to move because of the scheme which was announced four years ago.

In a page on its website about the plans, Citizen said it had “worked closely with our customers in Kerry, Milestone and Trafalgar House to help them move into a new home”. Coventry Council approved a bid to demolish the empty block of flats last week, June 19.

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Citizen aims to start redevelopment work as soon as the buildings are demolished, according to planning documents. However, if there is a delay, a “temporary wildflower meadow” will be planted on the site.

Work on the project must start by next March if the group is to secure funding from Homes England, the letter warns. Plans for the huge redevelopment of the wider area are to be submitted to Coventry City Council this summer.

The latest blueprint for Spon End was released to the public for comment last month. It revealed that the 158 apartments that will be demolished will be replaced by 236 homes, most of them with two bedrooms.

They would be “modern and energy efficient”, the plans claim, and would be built over four blocks ranging in height from five to nine storeys. The site would also have better parking and possibly a “community hub”.

The goal is for this area to be completed by March 2028, according to the Citizen website. Other areas of Spon End are also earmarked for redevelopment, with 750 homes in total planned, of which 30% would be ‘affordable’.

Nine buildings are included in the second phase of the scheme. They are: Spon Gate House, George Poole House, Grindlay House, Drinkwater House, Givens House, Gardner House, Fennel House, Winslow House and Corrie House.

The third stage involves three areas: Wellington Gardens, Sherbourne Street and numbers 85 to 99 Upper Spon Street. Other changes that have been proposed include a riverside promenade, new bike paths and wildlife habitats. More information can be found at: https://citizenhousing.org.uk/spon-end/

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