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# Lichfield MP backs call for action on disused city centre pub
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-backs-call-for-action-on-disused-city-centre-pub/
- Published: 2022-07-31T06:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-30T06:22:45.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has backed calls for action to be taken on a former city centre pub that has been boarded up for more than a decade.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:11, News

Lichfield’s MP has backed calls for action to be taken on a former city centre pub that has been boarded up for more than a decade.

The one time Prince of Wales on Bore Street has stood empty since it was last used as La Feria.

Lichfield Civic Society said the disused historic building [was “a terrible advertisment” for the city](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/concerns-over-developments-and-empty-buildings-raised-by-lichfield-civic-society-during-conservation-area-review/).

Now MP Michael Fabricant has joined calls for action to be taken.

> “The civic society has rightly pointed out the state of the former listed premises at 4 Bore Street which was once the Prince of Wales pub, before later becoming La Feria.  
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> “This property has lain abandoned for over 10 years.  
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> “I have raised this on a number of occasions with the leader of Lichfield District Council, Cllr Doug Pullen, and I know he shares my frustration over this.”  
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> Michael Fabricant

But *Lichfield Live* understands action may be forthcoming on the future of the building.

Council officials are expected to serve a legal notice on the owners of the building to access the property to review its current condition in order to assess what steps can be taken.

Mr Fabricant said:

> “I gather some officers in the council believe there is nothing than can be done about this property. I disagree.  
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> “Planning laws are available to be used. I will be contacting Simon Fletcher, the chief executive of Lichfield District Council, asking that the council revisits the possibility of exercising a Compulsory Purchase Order to make the property available for redevelopment.   
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> “If not used as a pub, I would have thought it could be used as a restaurant without contravening its potential listed building status and other local planning regulations applicable in that part of Bore Street.  
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> “I agree with the civic society – the state of the building in the historic heart of Lichfield is a disgrace and its owners should be ashamed of themselves.”  
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> Michael Fabricant