{"id":725720,"date":"2026-08-03T09:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725720\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:05:18","slug":"mp-welcomes-new-health-centre-planning-application-after-years-of-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725720\/","title":{"rendered":"MP welcomes new health centre planning application after &#8220;years of delays&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A LOCAL MP says it is important that momentum is maintained on the development of a new care home in Burntwood after \u201cyears of delays\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A planning application has been submitted for the site at Cherry Close in the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If approved, the scheme would see a new health centre and care home built alongside three sports pitches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labour MP Dave Robertson welcomed the submission of the application, but said residents should not have had to wait for more than a decade for a new permanent health centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is welcome progress and reflects the determination of local residents who have continued to campaign for the health centre Burntwood needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile the submission of the planning application is an important milestone, residents have waited far too long for this project to become a reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must now maintain momentum and ensure construction progresses on schedule so that the new health centre opens by September 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBurntwood deserves modern healthcare facilities \u2013 and I will continue working with residents and stakeholders to make sure this long-awaited project is finally delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A LOCAL MP says it is important that momentum is maintained on the development of a new care&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-725720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}