Planning permission in Fylde
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Fylde. The rules are stricter in its 10 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Fylde at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 10
- Article 4 areas
- See below
- Protected landscapes
- None
- Planning decisions
- Fylde Borough Council
How many conservation areas are there in Fylde?
Fylde has 10 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Kirkham
- Larbreck (Well Lane)
- Lytham (Avenues)
- Lytham (Town Centre)
- Singleton
- St. Annes (Porritt Houses / Ashton Gardens)
- St. Annes (St. Annes Road East)
- St. Annes on Sea (Town Centre)
- Thistleton
- Wrea Green
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Fylde have Article 4 directions?
Fylde hasn't published its Article 4 boundaries as data. We couldn't find a list of Fylde's Article 4 directions online.
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Fylde in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- There is green belt in or bordering Fylde. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Fylde
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Fylde doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Fylde doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Fylde publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 10 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Fylde? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Fylde Borough Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 31 October 2026. Fylde Borough Council website.