Green Belt Grab

This site has been set up to inform about and discuss the plans that Coventry City Council have for developing green belt land in Keresley into a so-called “Eco” suburb of 3000 supposedly “carbon neutral” homes. This greenbelt land is a valuable resource (in the cherished sense), and is the home for much wildlife as well as arable and livestock farming.

Song birds such as the Skylark and the Yellowhammer, both on the RSPB red list, can be heard and seen in the area. Prey birds such as Kestrels, Buzzards and Red Kites have also been spotted.

Rough map of the proposed Green Belt Changes - All shaded areas are currently Green Belt

Click this link for the official map from the Coventry Council Website (PDF):

Click this link to go to the City Council Core Strategy Page for all the documentation

We welcome your comments - either against the land grab or in favour. Please feel free to add your thoughts using the comments link at the bottom. Comments will be moderated or deleted if offensive or inappropriate.

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Here are some recent images of the green belt land that the council has earmarked for housing development

View from Watery Lane

View from Watery Lane -2

View from Tamworth Road

View southeast from Bunsons Wood

Buzzard over Bunsons Wood

Bluebells in Bunsons Wood

View North from Thompsons Lane - more houses planned here

Fantastic oak trees all over the area

Article by Allan Owens
These are pictures of some artefacats that I found in the watery lane area of Keresley. This flint has been positively identified by Archaeologists at Coventry Historic Environment Project as Mesolithic and therefore 15000 years old and is due to go on display at the Herbert at gallery.

The Council archaeological report indicates stone age activity is in the Corley area only but, this proves that is totally incorrect…..in fact, many of the high ground ridges in the area would of been safe havens for our prehistoric ancestors……I would urge people to get out there find as many of these as you can and get them to us so we can take the fight forward to preserve the entire area (remember you must seek the land owners permission). Flint doesnt occur naturally in the Warckshire area so anything we find in the fields was brought here to be worked in prehistoric times.

Also shown are some clay pipes - another indicator of years of agricultural land use by our ancestors…….

if you could get people to bring their finds and location that would be great….even gardens can be a good place to look…….