Coventry Online Planning Register
Search for, view, and comment on planning applications
When registering for an account, do not search for your address using the link provided as this is not working correctly. Please use the 'Can't find your address and need to add it manually?' link underneath the address search button.
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We publish planning applications on the council'sâ¯online planning system. [https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/index.html] You can view applications without an account but if you wish to comment on applications you will need toâ¯sign in [https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/]â¯orâ¯register for a LAR account [https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/registration/index.html].
Historic files
If you are unable to locate a document in our online system please submit a Freedom of Information request [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/freedom-information-environmental-information-regulations/freedom-information-act-2000/4]
Additional information
Information available via the planning website is not a full history of any site and it should not be regarded as an alternative to a formal land charge search.
Copyright
Plans, drawings and other material submitted to the local authority are protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (section 47). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
Troubleshooting
If you are having difficulties with viewing documents, logging in, or registering, it is sometimes a problem with your internet connection, or an outdated browser.⯠We recommend using Chrome or Firefox to access the site.
How to search by map [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/planning-2/online-planning-map]
Searching with reference, address or other text
The main search page has a very comprehensive set of options to search for an application.⯠You can use any or a combination of these.⯠Some are free text, some are drop-down lists, and some are date ranges.
The easiest way to find a specific application is to put in the reference in the top left box, but it has to be the FULL reference ie RMM/2019/3059
The other text boxes are ‘wildcard’ searches, they’re not case sensitive there is no need for capital letters.⯠You can use these boxes to find a particular word in a proposal or address or applicant name, no wildcard symbol is needed. Press Enter or click ‘Search’ to search using the options you have selected.
If anything is found, the search results list is displayed at the bottom of the page, you will need to scroll down to see this.â¯â¯ The list is in order of application reference, the most recent at the top.
If there are too many results, you can narrow down your search by using more of the options, for instance, a decision date from/to, or a ward, or an application type.⯠Search again to see the results.
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To find a specific address such as a house on a street, search the Street Name (and any other options to narrow down your search), then in the list of results, you can use your browser's built-in text search (usually Ctrl+F).⯠You might also want to try the map search option.
Tip: there is also theâ¯Weekly Listsâ¯option in the left-hand menu, to see a list of applications received, or decided, in a specific week.
Click the⯑View’â¯button to open up the application, in a new browser tab.⯠Clickâ¯hereâ¯to skip to the next section in this guide.
You should see the top section of the screen is the application details, with the application type, address, proposal details, applicant, the decision if it has been made, the relevant dates, and the Planning Officer dealing with it.
Underneath that you will normally see a map of the area as a snapshot image – the proposal area has a blue border.â¯
Viewing documents
If you cannot see any documents on applications under consultation, they might not yet have been made available by the administrator.⯠Please contact planning@coventry.gov.uk [mailto:planning@coventry.gov.uk].
If you are unable to locate a historic document in our online system please submit a Freedom of Information request [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/freedom-information-environmental-information-regulations/freedom-information-act-2000/4]
On a large application where there are many documents, it may be more difficult to find what you’re looking for.â¯You can use the text search on your browser to find the name or description of the document on the page and go to it.⯠This is normallyâ¯Ctrl+F.
The next section isâ¯Representations. These are all the comments that have been made on this application by consultees.
To comment on an application
Public comments (including postal addresses) will normally be online and visible to anyone else viewing the application, but your signature and email address are not displayed.⯠Read more information about public comments [http://www.coventry.gov.uk/planning-2/planning-consultation-advice/2].
The bottom section of the screen is ‘Make a Representation’.
You will need to log in to the system in order to make a comment.⯠Please register your details if you haven’t already.â¯â¯ The option to login is at the bottom of an application page, or the top left of the screen.⯠You can register yourself from there.
Tip: when you log in, the website takes you back to the Main Homepage, and by default the Building Control section (this is different to Planning).⯠So you will have to navigate back to planning.⯠If you ‘Go Back’ a couple of pages, you will get back to the application page you were on.⯠Alternatively, you can right-click on the Login link and Open In New Tab.⯠Refresh the application page to now see the option to submit a comment.
Select whether youâ¯Supportâ¯orâ¯Objectâ¯to the application, or if it is aâ¯General Comment.
You can type your comments into the text box below that.â¯
- To make the box bigger, drag the bottom right corner.â¯
- You can copy/paste text into here from another source such as a word document, if you wish to type up your text somewhere else first.
- Your browser might have a built-in spellchecker, if you want to make use of that.
- You can attach a file to your comment, or alternatively instead of a comment in the text box submit your comment within a file such as a pdf or word document, if you prefer.⯠Photographs and formatted statements are permitted; as with text comments, they are not made available online.
- NOTE that if you want to attach a file only, you do have to add some text into the text box so that the system accepts your submission; you can just put in something like "See attached file".
- Click the SUBMIT button.
- Note that you will not normally be informed of the outcome of the decision; please refer back to this webpage for updates on the progress on the case.â¯The decision will be available as a document as soon as it is published.
If you have any problems with things not displaying as expected, you could try with a different internet browser, or updating the one you are using.
For any difficulties or further questions with the system, or you feel some information is difficult to find, please contactâ¯planning@coventry.gov.uk [mailto:planning@coventry.gov.uk]â¯for guidance.