Plans submitted for Daimler Wharf on Coventry canal

A midlands property developer has submitted an outline planning application for the site of the old Daimler car factory in Coventry.The Wigley Group has submitted an outline planning application to Coventry City Council for a huge mixed-use development on Sandy Lane in the Radford area of the city.The seven-acre brownfield site is next to the Coventry Canal and is currently a business park and industrial estate. It is designated for housing by Coventry City Council.Central to the proposals is the integration of the site — to be known as Daimler Wharf — with the existing community by reconnecting the area to Coventry Canal and creating a public common. The outline planning application includes up to 480 new homes.Wigley intends to sell the site on, subject to outline planning consent being approved, so financial details of the scheme are deemed to be commercially sensitive at this stage.The first phase of the Daimler Wharf scheme has already been completed, with the refurbishment of the Daimler Powerhouse building, the only part of the car factory to survive Second World War bombing, into offices and workshops for arts companies.