Resident – Fylde Council

The Integrated Assessment identifies the potential impacts of the Fylde Local Plan to 2042 on the environment, community and vitality of the Borough, with a view to promoting a more sustainable plan-making process. The Integrated Assessment incorporates the following elements:

Sustainability Appraisal (SA)/ Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA)
Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

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The Building Safety Levy is a charge introduced under the Building Safety Act 2022 to help fund the remediation of building safety defects. The levy applies to certain new residential developments in England. We are preparing for the introduction of the Building Safety Levy. We are currently unable to provide detailed responses to individual scheme enquiries.…

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Fylde Council approve additional refuse capacity in certain circumstances. If your household requires extra capacity and meets the qualifying criteria of 5 or more living in the property, or have a medical condition and are fully recycling then please follow the link below to complete an additional Read more

If you are homeless tonight or within the next 56 days or concerned that you may become homeless, there are three ways to contact us:

Complete a referral to our Housing team by completing the form here.
Telephone: 01253 658658
Email: housing@fylde.gov.uk

If you are 16 or 17 and you are homeless, Children’s Social Care must assess your needs and…

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Funded by the Department for Education, holiday club places in Fylde are available free to children and young people who receive benefits-related free school meals in the summer, Easter and Christmas holidays. There are also paid for places available for families that are not eligible to attend for free. We want children to have fun…

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Some food waste is unavoidable, but the way in which we deal with it can make a big difference. Weekly food waste collections will become part of the domestic waste collection services offered by Fylde Council in 2026.

Why are we introducing weekly food waste collections?

The weekly food waste collections are part of the ‘Simpler Recycling’…

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The Renters’ Rights Act is a major reform of private rented sector housing law in England. It represents the biggest change to renting in a generation and is designed to improve security, fairness and standards while ensuring landlords can continue to manage their properties effectively. Since 1 May 2026, the Act…

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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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