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Wyre: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Wyre Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, North West; within the county of LAN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Lancashire County Council. ONS code E07000128.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Wyre for 2026–27: £240.05 of a £2,460.53 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

Charles Saer Community Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
Charles Saer Community Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027

In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)

St John's Catholic Primary School, Poulton-le-Fylde (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 28 February 2026
St John's Catholic Primary School, Poulton-Le-Fylde (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 March 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Wyre reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Wyre: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	£534,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	£69,000
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£1.4 million
Cultural and related services	£6.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£9.6 million
Planning and development services	£2.7 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£4.6 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£24.9 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Wyre in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 118,743 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 50 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,839 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £597 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 23.5% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £193,650 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 5.1 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.6 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 92.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 135.6 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 3,950 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

50 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 27, Labour Party 15, Independent / Other 4, Reform UK 4.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 50 councillors, by ward

Harry Swatton (Labour Party) — Bourne
Kevin Higginson (Labour Party) — Bourne
Victoria Wells (Labour Party) — Bourne
Jane Preston (Conservative and Unionist) — Breck
Peter Le Marinel (Conservative and Unionist) — Breck
Daniel Bolton (Conservative and Unionist) — Brock with Catterall
David Swift (Conservative and Unionist) — Brock with Catterall
John Ibison (Conservative and Unionist) — Calder
Andrew Walker (Labour Party) — Carleton
Stuart Fielding (Labour Party) — Carleton
Ian Amos (Conservative and Unionist) — Cleveleys Park
Richard Rendell (Conservative and Unionist) — Cleveleys Park
Alice Collinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Garstang
Lady Dulcie Atkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Garstang
Sir Robert Atkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Garstang
Peter Cartridge (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Eccleston
Sue Catterall (Conservative and Unionist) — Great Eccleston
Julie Robinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Hambleton & Stalmine
Lynne Bowen (Conservative and Unionist) — Hambleton & Stalmine
Roger Berry (Conservative and Unionist) — Hardhorn with High Cross
Simon Bridge (Conservative and Unionist) — Hardhorn with High Cross
Steve Nicholls (Conservative and Unionist) — Hardhorn with High Cross
Rob Fail (Labour Party) — Jubilee
Wayne Martin (Independent / Other) — Jubilee
David Higgs (Reform UK) — Marsh Mill
James Crawford (Reform UK) — Marsh Mill
Paul Ellison (Reform UK) — Marsh Mill
Carole Stephenson (Labour Party) — Mount
Mary Belshaw (Labour Party) — Mount
Alice Jones (Reform UK) — Park
Christine Smith (Labour Party) — Park
Michelle Moliner (Labour Party) — Pharos
Ruth Duffy (Labour Party) — Pharos
Andrea Kay (Conservative and Unionist) — Pheasant's Wood
Adam Leigh (Conservative and Unionist) — Pilling
Ashley Sorensen (Independent / Other) — Preesall
Claire Rimmer (Independent / Other) — Preesall
Collette Rushforth (Independent / Other) — Preesall
Bernice Meekins (Conservative and Unionist) — Rossall
Cheryl Raynor (Labour Party) — Rossall
Frances Thewlis (Conservative and Unionist) — Rossall
Kenneth Minto (Conservative and Unionist) — Stanah
Steven Livesey (Conservative and Unionist) — Stanah
Colette Birch (Conservative and Unionist) — Tithebarn
Lesley McKay (Conservative and Unionist) — Tithebarn
Callum Baxter (Conservative and Unionist) — Victoria & Norcross
Michael Vincent (Conservative and Unionist) — Victoria & Norcross
Brian Stephenson (Labour Party) — Warren
Maureen Blair (Labour Party) — Warren
Charlotte Walker (Labour Party) — Wyresdale

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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