Category: Resident

10.1 The Options, Issues, Vision and Scope for the new Fylde Local Plan to 2042 does not attempt to cover every conceivable type of development, planning issue or constraint arising in the planning system in Fylde. The document is restricted to what are considered to be the strategic policy matters that need to be…

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9.1 New development can be affected by climate change, but offers the opportunity to design-in measures to avoid or mitigate its effects at the outset. Therefore, the Local Plan can be instrumental in ensuring that future development is better equipped to deal with the impacts of climate as it will be in the future. 9.2…

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8.1 The importance of high-quality design is integral to the Local Plan and is therefore central to the planning of all development. This is crucial in Fylde, especially in the seaside resorts of Lytham and St Annes, both of which developed in the Victorian and Edwardian era – an era that is now recognised…

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7.1 This chapter considers how the infrastructure required by the Borough will be secured to support the development in the Local Plan, and where there are issues of shortfall in existing infrastructure. Infrastructure comprises physical assets providing for a wide range of supporting service provision including, but not restricted to the following:

• Transport: footways,…

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6.1 This chapter groups together sites or areas of the Borough where they need protection from certain types of development. These range from extensive areas protected as natural assets to individual sites protected for heritage importance. This document invites views on the identification of areas of particular importance.

The Coast

6.2 The Coast consists of areas…

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5.1 National policy requires councils to positively and proactively encourage sustainable economic growth. It requires authorities to plan for the needs of land for development and identify sites to meet needs over the plan period. Policies should be flexible enough to respond to accommodate needs that arise but were not anticipated. 5.2 For some types…

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Overall Housing Needs

4.1 The government requires that strategic policies should, as a minimum, provide for objectively assessed needs for housing and other uses, as well as any needs that cannot be met within neighbouring areas, unless:

1. The application of policies in the Framework that protect areas or assets of particular importance provides a strong…

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