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# Patience of residents is wearing thin on long-awaited city centre redevelopment, Lichfield councillor says
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/patience-of-residents-is-wearing-thin-on-long-awaited-city-centre-redevelopment-lichfield-councillor-says/
- Published: 2022-01-10T09:43:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-08T18:14:19.000Z
- Description: The patience of residents is wearing thin on the long-awaited redevelopment of Lichfield city centre, a Liberal Democrat councillor has said.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, News

The patience of residents is wearing thin on the long-awaited redevelopment of Lichfield city centre, a Liberal Democrat councillor has said.

The warning comes after Lichfield District Council’s leader, Cllr Doug Pullen, said the next 12 months would [see “visible progress” on the former Friarsgate site](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/council-leader-vows-visible-progress-will-be-made-on-former-friarsgate-site-over-the-next-12-months/).

But Cllr Paul Ray, who represents the Chadsmead ward, said residents were fed up of waiting.

![Paul Ray](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_0180.jpg)

Cllr Paul Ray

> “Will these words turn into actions?  
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> “I raised a number times during the last year concerns about the lack of activity at the Friarsgate site and [made specific proposals](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillors-call-for-building-work-to-begin-on-eyesore-site-left-empty-by-failed-friarsgate-scheme/).   
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> “I appreciate that there has been a pandemic but the economy has picked up – so why is there still no action from Cllr Doug Pullen and Lichfield District Council?  
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> “And the council are also making noises about not delivering on the new leisure centre they committed to in 2019\.   
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> “Both my and residents’ patience is wearing thin – it’s time for action.”  
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> Cllr Paul Ray, Lichfield District Council

Cllr Pullen told *Lichfield Live* that progress was coming – and insisted residents would be able to judge him should the mistakes of the past repeat themselves on the now rebranded Birmingham Road Site.

![Doug Pullen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190510_002203.jpg)

Doug Pullen

> “The headline for the coming 12 months is that residents will see visible progress on the Birmingham Road Site as things start happening.  
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> “The area clearly needs sorting, but we are expecting details to come to cabinet in February that will give a clearer indication of timeframes.  
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> “The good thing about democracy and accountability is that if we don’t deliver what we want to then people can vote me out.”  
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> Cllr Doug Pullen, Lichfield District Council