The council has carried out a community governance review of the whole of its area under part 4 of the Local Government and Housing Act 2007. This notice is the statutory notification of the extent to which the council has decided to give effect to the recommendations of the review, which is required to be published by section 96 of the act.
The council has accepted all of the recommendations of the review. The council considers that the creation of new parish councils in Ansdell and Lytham will strengthen and enhance community governance in the presently unparished areas of the borough and that the minor boundary changes made in other parts of the borough will tie the boundaries in question more strongly to ground detail and remove some anomalies.
The table below sets out the changes, which will be made by a formal order and are intended to be in place by April 1 2025.
| Ansdell | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | Establish a parish comprising the new borough ward of Ansdell and Fairhaven and that part of the new borough ward of Park to the south of Moss Sluice | ||
| 2 | The new parish should have the name “Ansdell”. | ||
| 3 | The new parish should have a parish council | ||
| 4 | The new parish council should not have any of the alternative styles | ||
| 5 | The council size of the new parish council should be ten councillors | ||
| 6 | The new parish council should be divided into two parish wards as follows: | ||
| Name of parish ward | Description | No. of councillors | |
| Ansdell and Fairhaven | The new borough ward of Ansdell and Fairhaven | Five | |
| Park | The part of the new borough ward of Park that falls within the new parish | Five | |
| Lytham | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | Establish a parish comprising the new borough wards of Lytham East and Lytham West | ||
| 2 | The new parish should have the name “Lytham”. | ||
| 3 | The new parish should have a parish council | ||
| 4 | The new parish council should not have any of the alternative styles | ||
| 5 | The council size of the new parish council should be ten councillors | ||
| 6 | The new parish council should be divided into two parish wards as follows: | ||
| Name of parish ward | Description | No. of councillors | |
| Lytham East | The new borough ward of Lytham East | Five | |
| Lytham West | The new borough ward of Lytham West | Five | |
| Bryning with Warton | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | Alter the area of the parish by adjusting its boundary with the parish of Westby with Plumptons to align the boundary with Bryning Hall Lane immediately to the west of Corka Lane, as described in proposal BW3 | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish. | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Elswick | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | Alter the area of the parish by adjusting its boundary with the parish of Little Eccleston with Larbreck to move the boundary to the north of the curtilage of the farm buildings at Meagles Farm, as described in proposal E1 | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish. | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Freckleton | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish. | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Greenhalgh with Thistleton | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Kirkham | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Little Eccleston with Larbreck | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | Alter the area of the parish by adjusting its boundary with the parish of Elswick to move the boundary to the north of the curtilage of the farm buildings at Meagles Farm, as described in proposal E1 | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Medlar with Wesham | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish. | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Newton with Clifton | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Ribby with Wrea | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | Alter the area of the parish by adjusting its boundary with the parish of Westby with Plumptons to align the boundary to the north of Wrea Green, as described in proposal RW1 | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| St Annes on the Sea | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Singleton | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish. | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Staining | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Treales, Roseacre and Wharles | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Weeton with Preese | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | The parish should not be abolished, and its area should not be altered | ||
| 2 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 3 | The parish should continue to have a parish council | ||
| Westby with Plumptons | |||
| No. | Recommendation | ||
| 1 | Alter the area of the parish by adjusting its boundary with the parish of Bryning with Warton to align the boundary with Bryning Hall Lane immediately to the west of Corka Lane, as described in proposal BW3 | ||
| 2 | Alter the area of the parish by adjusting its boundary with the parish of Ribby with Wrea to align the boundary to the north of Wrea Green, as described in proposal RW1 | ||
| 3 | Alter the area of the parish by incorporating the area of land to the south of the present boundary and north of Moss Sluice, as described in proposal WS4/1 | ||
| 4 | Request the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to adjust the boundary between the new borough council wards of Park and Wrea Green with Westby to tie in with the alteration in 3 above. | ||
| 5 | Make no change to the name of the parish | ||
| 6 | The parish should continue to have a parish council |
