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# Councillor calls for plans to move Lichfield bus station to be scrapped
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillor-calls-for-plans-to-move-lichfield-bus-station-to-be-scrapped/
- Published: 2022-06-17T06:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-15T08:12:29.000Z
- Description: A councillor has called for plans to move Lichfield’s bus station to a new location to be scrapped.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, Transport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:11, News

A councillor has called for plans to move Lichfield’s bus station to a new location to be scrapped.

The current facility has been earmarked as part of a redevelopment project on land previously occupied for the failed Friarsgate scheme.

Now rebranded as the Birmingham Road Site, the station plus the multi-storey car park, Tempest Ford land and former police station plot.

Lichfield Civic Society has since confirmed that [the council is in negotiations over a new, unknown location for the bus station](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/negotiations-underway-to-find-new-location-for-bus-station-lichfield-civic-society-says/) in the city centre.

But Cllr Joanne Grange, independent member for Chadsmead, said any move made no sense.

> “Just leave it where it is.  
>  
> “It doesn’t take a genius to have a quick think about the city centre and realise there is nowhere that would work better.”  
>  
> Cllr Joanne Grange, Lichfield District Council

Original plans for the land had earmarked a cinema as part of the development, but talks have since begun to convert the former Debenhams building into a multi-screen venue.

Cllr Grange said there was a chance for other parts of the site, such as the derelict land where Tempest Ford once stood, to be reconsidered.

> “How about turning the Friarsgate wasteland into a grassed area with loads of trees as a central oasis? How pleasant would that be as a welcoming gateway?  
>  
> “It would help with the recently discussed biodiversity emergency and the declared climate change emergency.”  
>  
> Cllr Joanne Grange, Lichfield District Council