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# Housing could be built on site of GP surgery in Burntwood
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/housing-could-be-built-on-site-of-gp-surgery-in-burntwood/
- Published: 2021-01-18T10:38:03.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-18T10:38:21.000Z
- Description: A GP surgery in Burntwood could be replaced by up to nine houses if plans are approved.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Burntwood, Planning, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

A GP surgery in Burntwood could be replaced by up to nine houses if plans are approved.

The health centre on Hudson Drive is due to be replaced by a new facility at the former Greenwood House site.

![Burntwood Health Centre. Picture: Google Streetview](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/healthcentre.jpg)

Burntwood Health Centre. Picture: Google Streetview

NHS Property Services Limited has now applied for a Permission in Principle (PiP) agreement for the land to be transformed for housing.

[Email trails](https://planning.lichfielddc.gov.uk/online-applications/files/FFB8A57211FADD1393AA3302057BC8BA/pdf/21%5F00046%5FPIP-COVERING%5FLETTER%5FPERMISSION%5FIN%5FPRINCIPLE%5FAPPLICATION%5F-%5FREDUNDANT%5FBURNTWOOD%5FHEALTH-610505.pdf?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) submitted as part of the documentation state that this is the first PiP to be dealt with by the authority – with a council official describing it as “a new-style planning application with very little scope to refuse” on an internal email.

A planning statement said:

> “Burntwood Health Centre will only be disposed of once the remaining health services have been successfully relocated, and so the PiP will not have a detrimental impact on the community facilities available in the area.  
>  
> “The relocation of the existing healthcare use will comply with planning policy in that it forms part of an ongoing reconfiguration of the wider NHS estate, and will allow for a productive use of the site.  
>  
> “The proposed indicative layout demonstrate the site can accommodate between three and nine dwellings, depending on the scheme taken forward to the technical details stage.”  
>  
> Planning statement

Full details can be seen on [Lichfield District Council’s planning website](https://planning.lichfielddc.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=QMTFOVJE05C00&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).