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"The Council wants Coventry to be a growing accessible city where people choose to live, work and be educated and businesses choose to invest."
Coventry City Council Vision Statement.
"We need a lively public debate about the levels of growth that will ensure Coventry's future as a vibrant, prosperous and successful city and Government support for this will only help these objectives".
Counsellor Ken Taylor, Leader of the Coventry City Council.
The City of Coventry has a population of over 300,000. Coventry makes up the South-Eastern end of the West Midlands metropolitan area and lies at the centre of the Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire sub-region. The city also forms part of the developing Birmingham, Coventry and Black Country City Region. The City Council is developing ambitious proposals for the growth and prosperity of Coventry, concurrently with restructuring land use patterns, although these will need to go through full consultation and the political process. In supporting Coventry as a New Growth Point, the Government is entering into a long-term partnership with Coventry City Council, recognising their ambitions for economic and housing growth, subject to the statutory regional and local planning process.
Local partners' ambitions for Coventry include:
Levels of growth will be subject to comprehensive testing and public consultation through the regional and local planning processes to ensure that individual proposals are sustainable, acceptable environmentally and realistic in terms of infrastructure. For Coventry future work will include using the findings of a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment and a Water Cycle Study to inform levels and locations of growth; working closely with Severn Trent to deliver water efficiency savings; assessing and mitigating the impacts of growth on local habitats and enhancing them where possible and working with the Department for Transport to assess the impacts of growth proposals on the transport network and to develop sustainable transport solutions.
Achieving these ambitions will depend on a range of public and private funding programmes, including developer contributions. Government is committing to work with local partners to achieve sustainable growth to get the best outcomes from this investment and to help overcome obstacles to delivery. In support of Coventry City Council's growth ambitions Government is allocating around £250,000 in 2007-08 from the first year's funding pot, subject to detailed negotiation and appraisal. Future funding is dependent upon the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review in 2007.
For further information on proposals for Coventry please contact Fran Collingham, at Coventry City Council on 024 7683 1081 or by email: fran.collingham@coventry.gov.uk.
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