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# Burntwood councillor says lack of permanent replacement for temporary health centre is “quite ridiculous”
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/burntwood-councillor-says-lack-of-permanent-replacement-for-temporary-health-centre-is-quite-ridiculous/
- Published: 2020-10-16T07:16:42.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-16T07:17:02.000Z
- Description: A Burntwood councillor has said it is “quite ridiculous” that the town has still not got long term provision for a new health and wellbeing centre.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Burntwood, Health, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

A Burntwood councillor has said it is “quite ridiculous” that the town has still not got long term provision for a new health and wellbeing centre.

![The temporary health and wellbeing centre in Burntwood](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/healthcentre.jpg)

The temporary health and wellbeing centre in Burntwood. Picture: Google Streetview

The current facility at Burntwood Leisure Centre was granted another temporary planning permission in 2019.

It would mean that the site could remain open until 2023 – 11 years longer than it had originally been scheduled to remain in place.

![Steve Norman](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/stevenormanheadshot.jpg)

Steve Norman

At a meeting of Lichfield District Council, Labour opposition group leader Cllr Steve Norman said action was needed to provide local residents with appropriate long term health provision.

> “I’m aware of [Greenwood House at last going ahead](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/burntwood-councillor-says-health-centre-construction-work-will-start-six-years-after-residents-were-promised-it-would-be-completed/) eight years after the Conservatives said it would.  
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> “But the Burntwood Health and Wellbeing Centre has now had temporary planning permission granted three times – it’s got to come to an end at some point.  
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> “It is quite ridiculous that a town the size of Burntwood still does not have the health centre promised to us ten years ago.”  
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> Cllr Steve Norman

Cllr Alan White, leader of Staffordshire County Council as well as a member of Lichfield District Council, said he recognised that a permanent solution was needed.

> “There is a requirement to get a health centre for Burntwood – for too long that has been hanging around.  
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> “I am a member of the integrated care system board and I will raise that with colleagues from the Clinical Commissioning Group and the providers to make sure it is on their agenda, because it does need to be attended to.  
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> “It’s not good enough for the residents of Burntwood.”  
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> Cllr Alan White