A PROPOSED new health centre has reached an “important milestone”, bosses have said.
A planning application has now been submitted for the long-awaited development on the former youth centre site in Burntwood.
As well as the health centre, the development will also see a new care home and sports pitches on the land if the proposals are approved.
A spokesperson for the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) said:
“The Burntwood Health Centre project has reached an important milestone with the submission of the planning application.
“Local healthcare services are currently provided from Salters Meadow Health Centre, a temporary facility on the Burntwood Leisure Centre site and the Darwin branch practice in Chasetown. These will be replaced with the new facility as a priority to improve local healthcare services.
“The site will also house NHS community-based health services, which will allow teams to work more closely together and provide more joined-up, accessible care for local residents.”
The ICB said the planning application had been submitted in line with an updated “target timeline” published earlier this year.
The organisation added:
“Lichfield District Council will now consider the submission and determine the outcome. Members of the public will also have the opportunity to comment.
“Should planning permission be granted, the next stage will be to obtain competitive prices from building contractors for the construction of the health centre.”
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