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Continue reading →: Baskets, Boots, and Willow Beds: The Hidden History of the Coulter Lane FieldsWhen we look across the beautiful, open fields off Coulter Lane and Church Road today, it’s easy to see them simply as a peaceful green backdrop to our daily lives. But if you could step back into the late 1700s and 1800s, this landscape would have looked, sounded, and felt…
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Continue reading →: The General’s Legacy: Why the “Scholarship Soil” of Fulfen is a National Treasure 🎖️🛡️Lichfield District Council’s current “expert advice” treats the Coulter Lane fields as anonymous arable land. We’ve gone to the archives to prove it’s anything but. This isn’t just about “green space”—it’s about a 700-year-old legacy that belongs to the people of Burntwood. The Hero: A General in the King’s Inner…
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Continue reading →: The General, the Scholar, and the “School Farm”: More Secret History of the Coulter Lane FieldsFor months, we’ve been told that the fields at Coulter Lane are just “vacant land” or “scrubland” destined for 250 executive houses. We were told there was nothing there. They were wrong. Thanks to a breakthrough discovery in the archives and the original deeds of the Old School House, Coulter…
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Continue reading →: The Whittington Warning: A Front-Row Seat to the Death of the Green BeltOn the evening of April 27th, members of the Burntwood Action Group (BAG) sat in the public gallery at Lichfield District Council. We weren’t there for our own sites; we were on a fact-finding mission. A development in Whittington was under fire, and we wanted to see how the current…
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Continue reading →: The Mystery of the “Green”: How Our Village Got Its NameWe all know the name Burntwood Green. We use it every day—on our mail, when we talk to neighbours, and as a point of pride. But names are like fossils; they carry the history of the ground beneath our feet. As we fight to save the fields at Coulter Lane,…
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Continue reading →: Signed, Sealed, and Settled: The 227-Year-Old Voice of Francis Barber in BurntwoodFor decades, the story of Francis Barber in Burntwood was a series of “maybes” and “likelys.” We knew he was here, we knew he was the UK’s first Black schoolmaster, and we knew he was the chosen heir to the great Dr. Samuel Johnson. But history often leaves behind blurred…
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Continue reading →: 📢 MAJOR UPDATE: Full Enforcement Notice Issued for Woodhouses Lane 🛑We have received a formal update from Lichfield Council’s Planning Enforcement team regarding Case 26/00050/EUD. This is a significant step forward in protecting our Greenbelt. 1. What the Enforcement Notice Requires:The Council has ordered the landowners to completely undo the unauthorised work. They must: 👉 Rip up and remove all…
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Continue reading →: THE FULFEN REVEALED: A 250-Year-Old Mystery, Two Elizabeths, and the Battle for Burntwood’s SoulFor decades, the fields at Coulter Lane have been known simply as “The Fulfen”—a quiet, often muddy stretch of green that marks the edge of our town. But as the threat of a 250-home development looms, a team of local researchers and historians has uncovered a story so significant it…
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Continue reading →: STARMER SAYS NO TO BUILDING ON OUR COUNTRYSIDE!BAG STRIKE TEAM: WE HAVE THE PRIME MINISTER ON OUR SIDE! On March 30, Keir Starmer visited Shropshire and sent a clear message to the West Midlands: “We don’t want to build on the countryside.” https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/prime-minister-we-will-build-new-homes-says-starmer-as-he-launches-campaign-in-west-midlands-6528536 The Message to Lichfield Council: Are you listening? The Prime Minister has made it…
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Continue reading →: BAG STRIKE TEAM: THE FIGHT INTENSIFIES! 🛡️📢It’s been a massive week for the Burntwood Action Group, and we’ve been working overtime to ensure the Planning Portal is hit with the hard TRUTH. Here is the latest from the front lines: 1. THE HIGHWAYS “SMOKING GUN” 🚗🚫National Highways have come back with a “No Objection,” but we’ve…
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