BLOOR HOMES, MILE OAK

Following community consultation during the summer of 2025, family-owned, five-star housebuilder, Bloor Homes, has submitted outline proposals for a residential neighbourhood at a sustainable location on the edge of Mile Oak.

The proposed new neighbourhood would include: 

• Up to 250 high-quality family and affordable homes.
• Up to 50% would be affordable, including shared ownership homes for first time buyers. 
• Potential to provide accessible homes or bungalows as part of the housing mix. 
• A gas-free development with all homes built to be net zero carbon-ready, including air source heat pumps, solar panels, uprated insulation and EV charging infrastructure. 
• A landscape-led approach to development, with the retention of existing woodland and the majority of hedgerows, alongside extensive planting of new trees and woodland areas.
• Extensive public open space, including a network of walking and cycling routes linking with existing public rights of way.
• The potential to reduce speed limits on Sutton Road and Hints Road in ongoing liaison with the local highways authority.
• The provision of a new toucan crossing on Sutton Road.
• A children’s play area for new and existing residents.
• Community orchards and areas of biodiversity enhancement.  
• Bird nesting bricks or boxes in every new home and hedgehog highways between gardens.
• A package of investment to support local services, to be determined in consultation with statutory consultees such as the local NHS Integrated Care Board, education and highways authorities, and others. 

Update February 2026 – Outline planning application submitted

Following community consultation in the summer of 2025, Bloor Homes has now submitted an outline planning application to Lichfield District Council. The outline plans include:

• Up to 250 high-quality family and affordable homes.
• Up to 50% would be affordable, including shared ownership homes for first time buyers.
• A gas-free development with all homes built to be net zero carbon-ready, including air source heat pumps, solar panels, uprated insulation and EV charging infrastructure.
• A landscape-led approach to development, with the retention of existing woodland and the majority of hedgerows, alongside extensive planting of new trees and woodland areas.
• Extensive public open space, including a network of walking and cycling routes linking with existing public rights of way.
• The potential to reduce speed limits on Sutton Road and Hints Road in ongoing liaison with the local highways authority.
• The provision of a new toucan crossing on Sutton Road.
• A children’s play area for new and existing residents.
• Community orchards and areas of biodiversity enhancement.
• Bird nesting bricks or boxes in every new home and hedgehog highways between gardens.
• A package of investment to support local services, to be determined in consultation with statutory consultees such as the local NHS Integrated Care Board, education and highways authorities, and others.

This website will be kept live as plans move forward through the process to provide information and a means for residents to get in touch with any queries. However, please note that information relating to the pre-application consultation has now been superseded by the submitted plans.

The outline planning application is the first formal step in the planning process, setting out broad overarching principles of development and will involve statutory consultation carried out by Lichfield District Council with a wide range of organisations. If approved, a further planning application will then be required to establish the finer details of the proposed neighbourhood, including architecture, layout and landscaping.

The planning application documentation is available to view on Lichfield District Council’s planning portal here where the Council’s statutory consultation on the submitted plans can also be accessed (please quote reference 26/00249/OUTM).