The Parish Council has consistently opposed development in the Green Belt but, like other parishes, Coven has had to take its share of new housing development. The most recent development within the village have been detached houses at Birchcroft,  a mixed housing development of fifty-seven, 2, 3, 4 & 5 bedroom properties at Penkside Walk, Brewood Road and most recently apartments at Cross Green overlooking the Three Hammers Golf Complex.

                Birchcroft                                                  Penkside                                        Three Hammers Apartments               

Coven is lucky in that it boasts a very fine sheltered housing development for the elderly - Coven Court. This, along with a number of warden controlled bungalows, are now owned and administered by the South Staffordshire Housing Association who took over all the housing stock of South Staffordshire Council under a 1997 voluntary transfer scheme.

                 Coven Court                          Warden Control Bungalows - Moors Drive    Warden Control Bungalows Poplars Farm Way