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# Creation of new Burntwood community development officer role backed by councillors
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/creation-of-new-burntwood-community-development-officer-role-backed-by-councillors/
- Published: 2022-10-16T06:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-15T11:32:00.000Z
- Description: Councillors have backed plans to employ a new officer to support efforts to better connect the community in Burntwood.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Burntwood, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

Councillors have backed plans to employ a new officer to support efforts to better connect the community in Burntwood.

Members of Burntwood Town Council’s policy and resources committee voted in favour of employing a new community development and engagement officer.

The post will be 30 hours a week for an initial two year period and forms part of the Better Burntwood project.

A report to the meeting said the role would work on developing connections between the council and local organisations, as well as developing initiatives that support the dementia-friendly scheme.

Cllr Steve Norman, chair of the policy and resources committee, said:

> “Along with the new service known as BURRT – the Burntwood Response and Repair Team – members wanted to get on with improving Burntwood even though the town council will be taking on some jobs that should really be done by the county and district councils.  
>  
> “It was interesting that the Conservative members said that it should be the district council’s job to provide a community development service, but Labour members pointed that it was one of the cuts in services that were made a few years ago.  
>  
> “The support for the new service was unanimous.”  
>  
> Cllr Steve Norman, Burntwood Town Council

The meeting also saw members vote to install a new black metal bus shelter to replace a concrete one on Chase Road which [was demolished due to safety concerns](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillors-to-discuss-plans-to-replace-demolished-burntwood-bus-shelter/).