View from Coventry Market Roof

About our plans for CCS

A reserved matters application for Phase 1 of Coventry City Centre South was approved by Coventry City Council (‘CCC’) at the beginning of March 2024.

Designed by award-winning architects Allies & Morrison, Phase 1 will transform this quarter of the city centre with the delivery of:

  • 991 new homes ranging in size from studio to 3 bed homes and tenures including affordable homes, private for sale and build to rent
  • 200 of the homes will be affordable homes, the majority of which are social rented tenure
  • Over 8,000sqm of new commercial space
  • 17,000sqm of public open space


The proposals also include:

  • a new covered servicing yard for Coventry Retail Market
  • new pedestrian-friendly routes connecting this quarter to the city centre, Friargate and new Coventry Cultural Gateway Centre
  • Integration of existing and opportunities for new public art including the relocation/replicas of the Three Tuns and other William Mitchell artworks.
  • transport initiatives including cycle parking, new cycle hire docking stations, car club spaces and working with the CCC Very Light Railway


Further details of the scheme design are on the “CCS Phase 1” Tab.

SPRL continue to work closely with Coventry City Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority to bring forward this exciting regeneration of the city centre. Subject to approval of the detailed design for Phase 1, the project will start on site in later Summer / early Autumn 2024.

Project Timeline

April - September
2020
Public engagement on
outline planning application
December
2020
Outline planning
application submission
January
2022
Outline planning
application approved
July
2022
Announcement of Hill as
development partners of
Shearer Property Group
October
2020
Re-introduction and sharing
proposals to update the
approved scheme
Early November
2020
Information sharing for
Section 73 Planning
Application
January
2023
Approval of Section 73
Planning Application
October
2023
Submission of s73
Application
December
2023
Submission of Phase 1
Reserved Matters Application
Summer/Autumn 2024
Start on site
End of
2031
Phase 1 completion
2034
Project completion