West Midlands
Coventry is not a Birmingham planning decision
Coventry sits in the same Ofsted region as Birmingham, and providers sometimes treat the two cities as one project. The care regulations may be the same. The planning authority is not.
Coventry City Council determines applications in the city. A statement that satisfied Birmingham does not travel with the furniture. We read the Coventry proposal against the address, then against the Ofsted or CQC framework that actually applies.
Fiveways is based in Birmingham. This page is about the work in Coventry, not a local branch.
Planning applications in this area are decided by Coventry City Council.
- The West Midlands figure of 630 children’s homes at 31 March 2025 includes Coventry. It does not say how many of those homes are in the city, and we will not invent that number.
- Location is the question to settle before an Ofsted application: who the home is for, and why this street rather than another authority’s.
- We travel from Birmingham. There is no Fiveways desk in Coventry.
The work that usually belongs here
Questions that come up here
Will you appear at a Coventry planning committee?
We help you understand and present the planning position. We are not the applicant’s advocate by default, and we do not replace a planning consultant or solicitor where the case needs one.
Is supported living in Coventry an Ofsted matter?
Only if the service is a children’s home or Ofsted-registered supported accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds. Adult supported living with personal care is a CQC question. The city does not change that line.
Nearby, and not the same
- Birmingham — Visits are arranged at the service.
- Leicester — The boundary changes the council, not the child.
- West Midlands