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Continue reading →: BIG NEWS: Prince’s Park Achieves National Green Flag Status!The Burntwood Action Group is incredibly proud to announce that Prince’s Park has officially been awarded the prestigious Green Flag status! As reported by Lichfield District Council, our beloved park is now recognised among the country’s very best green spaces. This is a massive victory for the Burntwood community and…
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Continue reading →: LAUNCHING THE FRANCIS BARBER HERITAGE & NATURE RESERVE — THE £1.5M ALTERNATIVE TO URBAN SPRAWLSpeculative developers rely on a singular myth to pave over our Green Belt: they claim that if their housing applications are refused, the land remains a financially “stranded” and useless agricultural asset. Today, the Burntwood Action Group (BAG) Strategic Policy Team is obliterating that narrative. We are proud to publicly…
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Continue reading →: URGENT ALERT: LDC PLANNERS RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR COULTER LANE. THE BETRAYAL OF BURNTWOOD IS COMPLETE. NOW WE FIGHT BACK. 🚨As reported by LichfieldLive, the outsourced planners at Lichfield District Council have officially recommended APPROVAL for Bloor Homes to build 250 houses on our historic Green Belt at Coulter Lane. They are attempting to force this through because the Council has collapsed its own Local Plan, leaving us with only…
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Continue reading →: 🚨 URGENT MOBILISATION: The Coulter Lane Endgame is Here. Pack the Council on July 20th!The determination date for Outline Application 25/01485/OUTM (Coulter Lane) has been officially set. The Planning Committee will decide the fate of our Green Belt on Monday, 20 July 2026, at 6:00 pm at the Lichfield District Council Offices, Frog Lane, Lichfield. The Burntwood Action Group (BAG) Strategic Policy Team is…
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Continue reading →: How to Object to the Woodhouses Road DevelopmentDeadline: All comments must be received by August 4, 2026. References to Quote: You must include the appeal reference numbers APP/K3415/C/26/3378542 and APP/K3415/C/26/3378636. Valid Grounds for Objection (Feel free to copy, paste, but please personalise these points): A Pattern of Unauthorised Development: While the enforcement notices officially name David Tyson…
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Continue reading →: The “Affordable” Illusion: Exposing the Corporate Loophole LDC Just Negotiated for Coulter LaneWhen Lichfield District Council (LDC) policy officers quietly published their recent housing report, they thought they were securing a neat political compromise with Bloor Homes. They agreed to a revised 43% “affordable housing” package, cutting the developer’s preferred “Discount Market Sale” (DMS) properties down from 15% to 8%. On paper,…
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Continue reading →: 🚨 The Yellow Signs Are Up! Meg Lane & Rake Hill Deadline 13th July 2026The rumours that our campaign is over are officially dead. Lichfield District Council has finally attached the formal yellow planning notices to the lampposts surrounding Meg Lane and Rake Hill. 📅 Mark Your Calendars: Monday, 13th July 2026 You now have until Monday, 13th July 2026 to log your formal…
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Continue reading →: 🛑 BURNTWOOD STANDS FIRM: Read Our Official Position Statement to Savills Planning Regarding Rugeley RoadAs many of you are now aware, Barratt Homes has launched a pre-application consultation for a proposed 130-dwelling development on Rugeley Road. The Burntwood Action Group (BAG) Strategy Team has conducted an immediate review of this launch, and our directive to the community is clear: We are boycotting their private…
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Continue reading →: Objection Toolkit: How to Block the 225-Home Rake Hill / Meg Lane DevelopmentThe community is fighting the unsustainable proposal by Hourigan Planning and Anwyl Land to build 225 homes on the green corridor between Rake Hill and Meg Lane. While the developers have claimed they’ve had “positive discussions” with Lichfield District Council, we have a major advantage. We have unearthed the official…
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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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