Enforcement Service
The Council has a legal obligation to seize any stray dogs found roaming in the community. The Dog Enforcement Wardens will help you if you lose your dog, but please reduce…
Category: Resident
Where can I walk my dog?
Where can I walk my dog off a lead?
Any public place except those subject to a dogs on leads by request order, a dogs on leads order, or a dog exclusion order, or by agreement of the owner or occupier of the public place.Where can I be directed to put my dog on a lead?
The…Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)
The Council's Strategic Housing Land Availablilty Assessment (SHLAA) is a study which examines the amount and location of land which is potentially suitable for housing development over the next fifteen years. The study is part of the evidence base which will underpin the preparation of the Council's Local Plan.
There are four main objectives of the…
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Neighbourhood Planning
Neighbourhood Planning was introduced with the Localism Act in 2011 and gives local communities and business new powers to write planning policies through Neighbourhood Development Plans. A Neighbourhood Development Plan reflects their priorities, deliver tangible local benefits and has real weight in planning decisions and can ensure the right type of development for the community…
Heritage
A listed building is one that is of ‘special architectural or historic interest’ and has been included on a List kept by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
The principles of selection for these lists were originally drawn up by an expert committee of architects, antiquaries and historians, and are still followed.…
Housing Land Schedule
This document is used…
Five Year Housing Land Supply
The Council has produced a statement setting out its five-year housing land supply, in line with Policy H1(c) of the Fylde Local Plan to 2032 (incorporating Partial Review), for base date 1st April 2025.
The statement confirms that the Council has a housing land supply equivalent to 4.35 years’ supply of deliverable sites.
The Council’s statement can be found…
Custom and Self Build Homes
The building of homes by individuals for themselves to live in is self-build housing. Alternatively, individuals may decide to create or specify a bespoke design for the home they will live in and have it constructed for them: this is custom housebuilding. In addition, custom and self-build housing may be developed by groups of such…
