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# Meeting of Lichfield District Council task group set up to find new way forward for Friarsgate land attended by just two councillors
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/meeting-of-task-group-to-find-new-way-forward-for-friarsgate-land-attended-by-just-two-councillors/
- Published: 2019-01-23T10:25:30.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-23T14:18:45.000Z
- Description: A meeting of a task group set up to work out a plan for the future of the land previously earmarked for Friarsgate was attended by just two councillors, it has been revealed.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:23, News

A meeting of a task group set up to work out a plan for the future of the land previously earmarked for Friarsgate was attended by just two councillors, it has been revealed.

![Lichfield District Council House](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/district-council-house.jpg)

Lichfield District Council House

[A report to a meeting of the economic growth, environment and development overview and scrutiny committee](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/content/files/democracy-lichfielddc-gov-uk/documents/g180/public-reports-pack-22nd-jan-2019-18-00-economic-growth-environment-and-development-overview-s-t-10.pdf) at Lichfield District Council last night (22nd January) outlined what was discussed at a session of the Birmingham Road Site task group on 10th December.

It shows that only the chairman Cllr Tom Marshall and Cllr Jon O’Hagan showed up – with apologies being received from three other councillors:

- Cllr Colin Ball (Labour)
- Cllr Paul Ray (Lib Dem)
- Cllr Andrew Smith (Conservative)

Three others were listed as “not attending”:

- Cllr Gwynth Boyle (Conservative)
- Cllr Mark Warfield (Conservative)
- Cllr Robert Strachan (Conservative)

![Boarded up shops next to the bus station which had been earmarked for the doomed Friarsgate development](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/boardsfriarsgate.jpg)

Boarded up shops next to the bus station which had been earmarked for the doomed Friarsgate development

The minutes from the meeting revealed that the results of a SWOT analysis for development in Lichfield city centre were discussed – but that the poor turnout meant little progress could be made.

The report said: “Due to the low attendance at the meeting, the chairman felt it was not possible to undertake a full appraisal of the information needed to inform the next stage of the process, that of defining a brief for a master planning exercise.

“It was agreed that a meeting of the task group would be called for the New Year to address the issues that had emerged from the SWOT analysis and to develop a masterplanning brief based on the city’s requirements.

“The task group’s ideas and thoughts would then be shared with stakeholder groups.”