Category: Council

GDPR

Posted on May 21, 2018 by in Council
Here at Fylde Council we take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your account and to provide the products and services you have requested from us or have consented to us providing. To satisfy the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, the council is obliged to make it…

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Tell us Once

Posted on May 01, 2018 by in Council, Resident
When someone dies, it can be a stressful and upsetting time. As well as coping with the emotional distress that a death may bring, you will need to notify a number of different government departments and organisations. These could include adult services, income support, libraries, driver and vehicle licensing agencies and passport services for example. In…

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Beaches

Posted on May 01, 2018 by in Council
A ‘bathing water’ is an area of beach where many people are expected to swim or paddle. The Fylde borough has two designated bathing waters; one at St Annes Pier and the second at St Annes North, by the Coastguard Station. It is important we keep an eye on the bacteria levels in the bathing water areas…

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Consultation

Posted on April 24, 2018 by in Council
Effective consultation is a key element of Fylde Councils modernisation programme as it generates invaluable information, insights and learning that we can use to shape services in accordance with customer's requirement. We believe that everyone should have an opportunity to have their say on issues that affect them and this site brings together the consultation…

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Community Right to Bid

Posted on April 24, 2018 by in Council
The Community Right to Bid allows communities and parish councils to nominate buildings or land for listing by the local authority as an asset of community value. An asset can be listed if its principal use furthers (or has recently furthered) their community’s social well-being or social interests (which include cultural, sporting or recreational interests)…

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Emergency Planning

Posted on April 23, 2018 by in Council
Fylde is a safe place to live. However, it is important to recognise that major emergencies can occur at any time. These can be caused in many ways and result in a number of problems for example flooding, or an industrial incident such as a factory fire, even a chemical spill…

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Complaining about a Councillor (Make a complaint)

Posted on April 23, 2018 by in Council

How should councillors behave?

Councillors are expected to represent their communities while being responsible for setting and monitoring policy for the council as a whole. They need to balance different interests and will often have to make difficult decisions. They may be elected on a political platform, and may take into account the views of their…

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Byelaws

Posted on April 20, 2018 by in Council
We are often asked whether there are byelaws covering particular activities in the borough. Byelaws are regulations made by a particular public body and which apply only to a specified area, often the area of the public body concerned. Councils can only make byelaws where national legislation gives them a byelaw-making power. The byelaws themselves…

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