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Defend Lytham's Objections to Fylde Borough Council's Plan to Re-designate Certain Prohibited Streets to Consent Streets


Lytham Green is an absolutely unique facility that is available to the entire community, and it is vital to protect it.

Protecting the Green should be a key role of Fylde Borough Council.

Whilst on his tour of restaurants in the Midlands and the North, Luke Johnson in the Observer newspaper recently wrote of Lytham "It is a genteel place which has preserved its seaside charm". A fundamental feature of this charm is without doubt Lytham Green which is unspoilt by any commercial activity.

Lytham Green provides a beautiful walk for both residents and visitors along the promenade with views of Lytham Bay on the one side, and the dignified Victorian and Georgian architecture on the other side.

If this re-designation comes into force, residents will experience the disruption and disturbance of licensed and/or unlicensed traders engaging in commercial activity, especially at weekends and bank holidays.

This proposal will not encourage visitors into the main Lytham shopping area to support local traders. These local shops are an integral part of the town, they provide goods and services primarily for the residents of Lytham all year round. Allowing traders to set up stalls along the green would contribute to the undermining of the town centre.

Local traders pay relatively high rates and contribute to the development and well-being of the town and its environs in many important ways. They should not be forced to compete with out-of-town traders who have no connection, commitment or loyalty to the town, and who do not contribute to the town's economy. External traders are concerned primarily with taking money out of the local economy. This likelihood of a culture clash is confirmed by past experience which is known to the council.

Defend Lytham believes that this proposal will produce an inappropriate clash of cultures between on the one hand, residents and local traders who pay their rates to Fylde Borough, and, on the other hand, external traders who do not pay rates.

Defend Lytham could argue that these re-designation proposals will detrimentally impact the residents and traders of Lytham