The Wigley Group has filed outline plans for 480 homes at the former Daimler car factory site in Coventry.
The factory on Sandy Lane was thought to have produced Britain’s first motor car, in 1897.
At the end of 2020, Warwickshire-based The Wigley Group unveiled initial plans to turn the site into a residential-led mixed-use scheme.
The seven-acre brownfield site sits on the side of the Coventry Canal and is currently a business park and industrial estate. It is designated for housing by Coventry City Council.
The Wigley Group aims to reconnect the area to Coventry Canal, creating a large public common, with pedestrian and cycle links, a linear park and two public squares.
The developer has already completed the first phase of the scheme, having refurbished the Daimler Powerhouse building. This structure is the only part of the car factory that survived bombing during the Second World War.
James Davies, chief executive at The Wigley Group, said: “When we acquired this site in 2006, we saw straight away the potential that it had for redevelopment and the contribution that a high-quality northern quarter could make to the wider regeneration of this part of the city and how it will link through the canal basin the heart of the Coventry.”
Mike Vining, land and development director at The Wigley Group, added: “The wider plans that will build on phase one are for a new and vibrant neighbourhood that addresses local housing need and offers visual improvements alongside environmental benefits.”
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