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# Petition launched to safeguard future of community building in Burntwood
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/petition-launched-to-safeguard-future-of-community-building-in-burntwood/
- Published: 2022-12-22T08:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-21T20:19:44.000Z
- Description: A petition has been launched to protect the long term future of a Burntwood community building.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Burntwood, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

A petition has been launched to protect the long term future of a Burntwood community building.

Chase Terrace Methodist Church on Princess Street has gone [on the market for £150,000](https://www.bootandson.co.uk/en-uk/property/to/buy-chase-terrace-methodist-church-princess-street-chase-terrace-ws7/1692/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).

But now a campaign has been launched to have the building retained as a community facility.

Cllr Paul Taylor, Labour representative for Chasetown ward, said:

> “People in Chase Terrace will have been saddened to see a ‘for sale’ sign go up outside the Methodist Church.  
>  
> “Covid and reducing numbers of members made it inevitable that the church would close as a place of worship. However, we feel strongly that it should be retained as a community venue.  
>  
> “Burntwood has an acute shortage of venues for community organisations to operate from. The closure of the youth centre at Cherry Close to make way for a new GP Surgery just makes this shortage even worse. Both organisations using that building are currently without a location to go to.  
>  
> “We believe it is very much needed – and valued – by local people. I am pleased to say that both Burntwood Town Council and Lichfield District Council agree and are seeking ways of securing the building for community use in to the future.”  
>  
> Cllr Paul Taylor, Lichfield District Council

People can sign the petition [online](https://www.change.org/p/save-the-chase-terrace-methodist-church-for-community-use?utm%5Fsource=share%5Fpetition&utm%5Fmedium=custom%5Furl&recruited%5Fby%5Fid=c2554220-c8e5-012f-ff98-4040aa777426).