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# MP says Chasetown Football Club development plans could be funded by future Levelling Up bid
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/mp-says-chasetown-football-club-development-plans-could-be-funded-by-future-levelling-up-bid/
- Published: 2023-01-22T08:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-22T08:06:29.000Z
- Description: Bosses have discussed a vision for the future of a local football club with the area’s MP.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Burntwood, Politics, Sport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

Bosses have discussed a vision for the future of a local football club with the area’s MP.

Michael Fabricant visited The Scholars Ground to meet with Chasetown chairman Steve Jones and hospitality manager Kathryn Lamb.

He was told about a £900,000 plan for an all-weather artificial surface and a major extension to the clubhouse.

> “I hope Lichfield District Council will use Community Infrastructure Levy development money to help with the pitch, but I strongly believe that the extension could be funded by a successful Levelling Up bid.   
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> “Kathryn explained to me how the current facilities are used throughout the week as a community centre for youngsters, oldsters, and those with special needs.”  
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> Michael Fabricant

Mr Fabricant – who told Lichfield District Council that [“flaws” prevented their Levelling Up fund bid from being successful](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/mp-says-flaws-in-application-saw-lichfield-miss-out-on-leisure-centre-funding/) – said the local authority should consider a future bid to support Chasetown’s plans.

> “The extension will provide three times the communal space and I believe that this project – along with others in Burntwood – would personify what ‘levelling up’ is all about.  
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> “It will be easier to provide data for the bid managers in London to demonstrate how the project will be a net gain to all in the community – not just football supporters.  
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> “Although there are pockets of deprivation in Lichfield as there are in every community, Lichfield – as one MP said to me – is seen as a city to which other towns aspire to level up.  
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> “Given that the Treasury has stated that the Levelling Up Fund is aimed at ‘post-industrial towns, former mining communities, and seaside towns’, I think it will be far easier to demonstrate the need for the fund in the ex-mining town Burntwood and how the whole town will benefit by the development of the Chasetown Football Club and similar projects.”  
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> Michael Fabricant