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# Councillor accuses Lichfield MP of showing “ignorance” after Burntwood Neighbourhood Plan comments
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillor-accuses-lichfield-mp-of-showing-ignorance-after-burntwood-neighbourhood-plan-comments/
- Published: 2021-05-10T06:58:50.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-10T06:58:56.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has been accused of showing “ignorance” after making comments about Burntwood’s Neighbourhood Plan referendum on social media.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Burntwood, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

Lichfield’s MP has been accused of showing “ignorance” after making comments about Burntwood’s Neighbourhood Plan referendum on social media.

![Cllr Steve Norman and Michael Fabricant MP](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/normanfabricant.jpg)

Cllr Steve Norman and Michael Fabricant MP

Voters in the town backed the document in a vote last week, with 76% supporting the proposal.

The document will help shape planning decisions and future development in Burntwood.

But Conservative MP Michael Fabricant was replying to a query on Twitter about the Neighbourhood Plan vote when he first said there had not been a referendum or ballot papers issues, before suggesting:

> “It looks as if it was Burntwood Town Council (parish council). Wasting money?”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP’s post on social media

But Cllr Steve Norman said he was shocked by the response of the MP.

> “It was, as all voters in Burntwood know, a referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan as per the Government’s procedures and ballot papers were issued alongside the other elections.  
>  
> “It was bad enough that he was ignorant of his Government’s own – and for once welcome – legislation but he then tweeted to question whether the town council was wasting money.  
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> “Presumably this knee-jerk reaction was because we are a Labour council. If so, then Lichfield City, Armitage with Handsacre, Alrewas Parish Councils and others must also be wasting money.  
>  
> “But there is still no comment from him, of course, on the district council’s wasted £100,000 for attempting to sell off open space in Lichfield.  
>  
> “Presumably he has been too busy in the West Midlands Mayoral election to know what is going on in his own constituency?”  
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> Cllr Steve Norman

Mr Fabricant told *Lichfield Live*:

> “Let Mr Norman have his usual rant – he hasn’t much else to crow about.”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP