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Lichfield Live Open Search Share this: Council-owned buildings in Lichfield and Burntwood are to benefit from energy efficiency improvements thanks to a £1.3million grant. Burntwood Leisure Centre Lichfield District Council has been awarded the money from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. More than £1million of improvements will be made at Burntwood Leisure Centre, including fitting solar panels along with energy storage batteries, installing an air source heat pump to heat the b...

Lichfield Live Open Search Share this: A councillor has called for a review to ensure decision-making at Lichfield District Council is not disrupted by technical problems during online meetings. It comes after a gathering of the planning committee was debating an application for a development at Drayton Bassett yesterday (8th March). Cllr Steve Norman said technical issues during the online meeting meant parts of it could not be heard by those taking part or listening in. The Labour group ...

Whatever floats your boat LDC – you can call yourselves myopic alien beings from another planet if you like. No one cares. Just PLEASE lobby SCC to fix the pot holes and stop approving terrible housing projects. That is all we ask. Joanne Grange says: One wonders whether we’d need to “look at the potential for changes to the terms used” if it was another of the protected characteristics that was being discriminated through use of language or whether it would just happen, with t...

Lichfield Live Open Search The funeral of Steve Taylor – who sat on Burntwood Town Council – took place this week. Steve Taylor Cllr Steve Norman, leader of the Labour group at the council, said: “It’s another sad loss for the district. This is a member of my group who served a term on the Chasetown ward and was still on Burntwood Town Council. “He was a strong member of St John’s Church and the Chase Terrace community. “He was very good at meeting to people and listening to ...

Lichfield Live Open Search Fradley company thanked for “extraordinary” donation of laptops to campaign helping children home learning across Lichfield and Burntwood Share this: A Fradley company has been thanked for an “extraordinary” donation to a campaign to provide computer equipment to children learning at home across Lichfield and Burntwood. Cllr Doug Pullen (right) receiving the laptops from Continental Engineering Services’ Steve Rennals The initiative was launched by...

Lichfield Live Open Search Donor hands over £5,000 to support campaign to provide laptops for children learning from home during lockdown in Lichfield and Burntwood Share this: An anonymous donor has boosted a campaign to provide laptops to help children in Lichfield and Burntwood learn at home during the coronavirus lockdown. Cllr Doug Pullen launched the appeal for businesses and individuals to hand over old IT equipment for use by local students. More than 100 laptops and tablets ...

Lichfield Live Open Search Share this: Councillors are set to decide whether to continue with plans to sell off land in Lichfield for housing. The land at Netherstowe Sites at Netherstowe and Leyfields have been earmarked for development by Bromford. A petition has been signed by local residents in a bid to prevent Lichfield District Council going ahead with a plan to “dispose” of the land. A report by Cllr Doug Pullen, leader of the council, to a meeting of the cabinet tonight (12th J...

Lichfield Live Open Search Council chiefs join Lichfield residents taking rapid tests in a bid to identify coronavirus “silent spreaders” Share this: Council chiefs have been given the all-clear after they joined those being asked to take coronavirus tests even if they do not have symptoms. People living in Lichfield and Burntwood who have to leave home for shopping, work or caring purposes are being asked to take rapid lateral flow tests in a bid to tackle so-called “silent spr...

Lichfield Live Open Search Pupils in Lichfield and Burntwood cannot be left behind by lack of access to computers or broadband during lockdown, councillor says Share this: Pupils across Lichfield and Burntwood cannot be left behind due to a lack of access to home learning, a councillor has said. Cllr Sue Woodward Cllr Sue Woodward, leader of Burntwood Town Council, made her comments as most children continue to be forced to home educate due to the coronavirus lockdown. Many teachers a...

Lichfield Live Open Search Share this: The decision to move the area into Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions was “disappointing but inevitable”, the leader of Lichfield District Council has said. Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed yesterday (30th December) that all of Staffordshire would step into the highest measures from today. It means many businesses will once again have to shut their doors with people advised to stay at home unless they have to travel for work, education, essent...