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Continue reading →: 🚨 COULTER LANE UPDATE: The Statutory Freeze is Over, the Local Refusal is Cleared, and Our Barrister is Booked!Dear Burntwood Residents and Supporters, On 10 August 2026, we received official notification from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s Planning Casework Unit. The Secretary of State has formally declined to “call in” the speculative 250-home development at Coulter Lane Farm, stating she is satisfied that the application…
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Continue reading →: Celebrating Friendship and Community at Princes Park!🌳🤝 Hello Burntwood! We might be a few days late in sharing this update, but wonderful community moments are always worth celebrating—no matter the date! Last week, on Thursday, July 30th, our beloved Princes Park—which our volunteers here at Burntwood Action so proudly look after—was chosen as the focal point…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Postcodes: The Staggering Double Standards of Lichfield’s Planning CartelBy the Burntwood Action Group Strategic Policy Team Grab a cuppa, Burntwood. We need to talk about what’s happening behind the closed doors of the Lichfield District Council (LDC) planning department. If you’ve been following our campaign to protect the historic fields of Coulter Lane (Application 25/01485/OUTM), you’ve probably heard some version of…
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Continue reading →: WHO WAS FRANCIS BARBER: Why Burntwood’s ‘Scholarship Soil’ is a National Treasure Under ThreatWe are constantly fighting to protect our town from the speculative bulldozer. But the battle for the 56.6 acres off Coulter Lane and Church Road is not just about stopping traffic congestion or protecting Green Belt. It is a fight to preserve a foundational cornerstone of national Black British history.…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Record Straight: Why BAG is Pro-Planning, Not Anti-Housing
In any community debate over major development, familiar comments always surface: “We need houses, and Burntwood grew by building on green fields in the past, so why stop now?” It is a fair question on the surface, but it misses the core issue behind our campaign. The Burntwood Action Group…
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Continue reading →: A TRIBUTE TO OUR CHAIRMAN: Vic Chamberlain Steps DownThe Burntwood Action Group (BAG) Team must briefly pause our ongoing technical defence of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) today to share a deeply personal and significant update regarding the leadership of our campaign. It is with a very heavy heart that we announce our Chairman, Vic Chamberlain, has…
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Continue reading →: Armed for the Cameras: Media One-Liners for Monday NightMonday evening 20th July, Burntwood takes the floor at the Lichfield District Council offices. We are turning up in force to show the planning committee, and the wider region, that our town refuses to be a soft target for volume house-builders. With local and regional media expected to cover the…
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Continue reading →: Why Monday Night is Not a “Done Deal” (And Why We Need You There)Have you heard the rumours? Some people are saying that because the Lichfield District Council planning officers have recommended Bloor’s 250-home Coulter Lane estate for approval, our fight is over. They are saying it’s a done deal. It is a classic tactic designed to make communities pack up their bags…
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Continue reading →: Dave Robertson MP Backs Our Highway Safety Concerns at Coulter Lane (And Calls Out the Local Plan Delay)Dave Robertson MP has officially weighed in on Bloor Homes’ outline application (25/01485/OUTM) to build 250 houses on the Green Belt at Coulter Lane. Now, it’s important to be realistic, an MP doesn’t have a magic wand to unilaterally veto a local planning committee decision. But what he has given…
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Continue reading →: THE GREY BELT MYTH BUSTED: How National Planning Law Precedents Legally Mandate Refusal at Coulter LaneBy The Burntwood Action Group (BAG) Strategic Policy Team Speculative developers and the Lichfield District Council (LDC) planning directorate have spent months attempting to rebrand the historic 56.6-acre site at Coulter Lane and Church Road as harmless “Grey Belt”. They are pushing a dangerous narrative that this classification somehow neutralises…
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