5 homes, changed house types at Land Southwest of Weeton Road (Opposite The Miller Arms), Singleton
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Fylde Planning Committee on 20 May 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
Changing house types for 5 homes
The application sought to vary an earlier permission's approved plans and landscaping, swapping two pairs of semi-detached houses and a detached house for five detached houses.
“LAND SOUTHWEST OF WEETON ROAD (OPPOSITE THE MILLER ARMS), SINGLETON Proposal:”
“APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITIONS 2 (APPROVED PLANS) AND 9 (SOFT LANDSCAPING SCHEME) OF PLANNING PERMISSION 24/0085 RELATING TO "ERECTION OF 5 TWO STOREY DWELLINGS WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING" FOR MODIFICATIONS INVOLVING: 1) SWAPPING TWO PAIRS OF SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS AND ONE DETACHED DWELLING (FIVE IN TOTAL) WITH FIVE DETACHED DWELLINGS (FIVE IN TOTAL); 2) SUBSTITUTION OF HOUSE TYPES; AND 3) RECONFIGURATION OF GARDENS AND LANDSCAPED AREAS Ward:”
Minutes
Archaeological investigation required
A programme of archaeological investigation had to be approved and carried out before site clearance or development began.
“No development or other works of site clearance and preparation shall take place until a Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) outlining a programme and timetable of archaeological investigation has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The WSI shall include:”
Minutes
Biodiversity enhancements required
A scheme for bat boxes, bird boxes and other wildlife features had to be approved before any dwelling was occupied.
“The scheme shall include details of the number, location and specification of the features in a) – d). The biodiversity enhancement measures shall thereafter be provided in accordance with the details in the duly approved scheme before any of the dwellings hereby approved are first occupied, and shall be retained as such thereafter.”
Minutes
Windows obscured for privacy
Certain side-facing windows on some plots had to be obscurely glazed and largely non-opening to limit overlooking of neighbouring properties.
“Before the dwelling on each associated plot referred to in 1) to 5) (the numbers of which are identified on the below drawings) are first occupied, the following windows in those dwellings shall be obscurely glazed to a minimum of level 3 on the Pilkington Scale (where 1 is the lowest and 5 the greatest level of obscurity) and shall be non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor level of the room in which the…”
“The first floor bathroom windows in the north facing (side) elevation of plot 1 • The first floor bathroom and bedroom windows in the north facing (side) elevation of plots 2 and 3 • The first floor bathroom windows in the south facing (side) elevation of plots 2 and 3 • The first floor bathroom windows to the north facing (side) elevation of plot 4 • The first floor bathroom and bedroom windows to the south facing (side) elevation of plot 4 • The first floor bathroom…”
Minutes
Sources
- Fylde Planning Committee minutes, 20 May 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Fylde's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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