Historic period of green developments near outer Coventry (7)
I believe the answer is:
regency
'historic period' is the definition.
'Regency' can be an answer for 'period' (Regency is an example). I'm not certain of the 'historic' bit.
'green developments near outer coventry' is the wordplay.
'developments' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'development' mean this).
'near' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'outer' suggests removing the centre.
'coventry' with its centre removed is 'cy'.
'green' with letters rearranged gives 'regen'.
'regen'+'cy'='REGENCY'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for regency that I've seen before include "Period of king's incapacity" , "British period, Eighteen-Eleven to Eighteen-Twenty" , "Interim ruling period on behalf of another" , "Style of British furniture, architecture, etc" , "Of a period of government, such as in Britain 1811-1820" .)