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.
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. 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 you Support or Object to the application, or if it is a General Comment.
You can type your comments into the text box below that.
- To make the box bigger, drag the bottom right corner.
- 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. 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 contact planning@coventry.gov.uk for guidance.