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# Details emerge of plans for blue hoardings site in Burntwood
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/details-emerge-of-plans-for-blue-hoardings-site-in-burntwood/
- Published: 2025-06-18T05:56:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-18T05:56:18.000Z
- Description: More details have emerged of plans for the blue hoardings site in Burntwood.
- Author: Kerry Ashdown, Local Democracy Reporter
- Tags: Burntwood, Planning, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:49, News

MORE details have emerged of plans for the blue hoardings site in Burntwood.

Planning permission has previously been granted for KFC and Starbucks drive-thrus at the site off Milestone Way, but the consent has expired for the chicken restaurant proposals.

Now a new application has been submitted to Lichfield District Council, which includes the KFC unit.

Changes to the approved Starbucks are also proposed under a separate application so it can integrate into wider plans for the site.

A design and access statement submitted to the council stated that three drive-thrus were earmarked for the site, as well as a 1,399m2 leisure or retail unit and a 2,328m2 unit for retail/ or superstore use.

It said:

> “The site has been owned by the applicant for some time, and a number of planning applications have been submitted for different proposals over the years.  
>  
> “The main challenge to development of the site is the high risk of unexploded ordinance in the ground, associated with a former munitions factory in the local area.  
>  
> “Now, works to remediate the risk have recently commenced in preparation for the development of the proposals submitted in this application.  
>  
> “The application is for the erection of three buildings (in addition to the existing approval for Starbucks) with two buildings under use class E, two buildings to operate as hot-food take-away drive-thru units, all with associated parking, landscaping, service yards, access roads, perimeter fencing, and external lighting.  
>  
> “The proposals are for a high quality retail lead scheme that fulfils the local authorities’ ambitions for an extension to Burntwood’s town centre.  
>  
> “A number of potential tenants have already been identified for the other proposed units, with the size and massing of the proposed buildings being informed by the tenant requirements.  
>  
> “The applicant’s ambition is to have the units occupied and the site in use on completion of the construction works.”