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# Campaign group ready to fight any appeal over refusal of planning permission for new Burntwood housing development
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/campaign-group-ready-to-fight-any-appeal-over-refusal-of-planning-permission-for-new-burntwood-housing-development/
- Published: 2026-07-22T07:10:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-22T07:10:21.000Z
- Description: Lichfield District Council rejected proposals for more than 200 homes on land at Coulter Lane.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: News, Burntwood, Community, Planning

A CAMPAIGN group says it is gearing up to fight any appeal against the refusal of a new housing development in Burntwood.

Councillors opted to reject the scheme for more than 200 new homes on land off Coulter Lane.

But due to the proposals being for more than 150 properties, the refusal will need to be reported to the Secretary of State – meaning the scheme cannot be legally refused until a 21-day consultation period is up.

The planning committee was told by the council's legal advisor that some aspects of the refusal, including highways concerns and infrastructure shortages, were not backed up by technical or expert advice and could lead to developer Bloor Homes being awarded costs at appeal.

But campaign group Burntwood Action Group (BAG) said it had drawn up its own appeal defence and submitted it to Lichfield District Council following the meeting.

A spokesperson said:

> "Around 350 residents descended on the District Council House, overflowing the public gallery and the car park to stand against Bloor Homes' outline application for the land at Coulter Lane Farm.  
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> "The massive turnout backed up a verified community petition of 2,372 signatures opposing the destruction of the historic fields.  
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> "Despite the threat of financial ruin hanging over them, the committee stood firm with the community. Councillors successfully argued that the massive development would create unrestricted urban sprawl, permanently destroying the green belt.  
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> "They also ruled that Burntwood simply does not have the roads, doctors, or schools to cope with 250 more executive houses.  
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> "Bloor Homes previously said they fully intend to appeal the decision to the national Planning Inspectorate. Knowing the council’s legal team claimed there was 'no expert evidence' to defend the committee's refusal, the BAG Strategic Policy Team has taken matters into its own hands.  
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> "BAG has formally served Lichfield District Council with an appeal defence bundle. This forces the council to permanently attach the community's own unassailable evidence to the planning file."

Among the items in the BAG bundle are Staffordshire Police logs highlighting concerns over emergency services vehicles using Church Road and video evidence of cars mounting pavements.

Other elements include education data on school places and a green belt study from the council referencing the site.

The BAG spokesperson added:

> "We have now handed the council the exact expert evidence they claimed was missing, so they have no excuse to surrender when Bloor Homes takes this to an appeal.  
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> "We are currently securing our own independent legal status so we can face the developer's lawyers directly at the public inquiry.  
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> "We will not let our historic green belt be buried under concrete."