Lancashire
Environment

The Environment is one of seven themes contained in the Lancashire Local Area Agreement . Central Government has set (External) 198 priority measures for local government over the next few years, and selected indicators have been identified as priority areas under the Environment Theme for the Local Area Agreement.

Brownfield Land, 2006 (hectares)⁽¹⁾

Vacant Derelict Land and Buildings
Currently in Use
Total
Previously Developed Vacant Land
Derelict Land and Buildings
Vacant Buildings
All
With Planning Allocation/ Permission
Other with Known Potential
All

North Lancashire
152
126
53
331
96
77
173
505
Blackpool
10

10
66
10
76
86
Fylde
14

12
26
10
12
23
49
Lancaster⁽²⁾
8
123
37
168
19
51
70
239
Wyre
120
3
4
127
1
3
4
131

Central Lancashire
174
195
35
404
42
22
64
469
Chorley
13
106

119
16
5
21
140
Preston
66
29
12
107
16
10
26
135
South Ribble
75

15
90

1
1
90
West Lancashire
20
60
8
88
10
6
16
104

Lancashire West
326
321
88
735
138
99
237
974

East Lancashire
121
165
46
332
37
84
121
452
Blackburn with Darwen
22
54
19
95
14
54
68
163
Burnley
8
17
7
32
16
1
17
50
Hyndburn
22
27
7
56
3
19
22
77
Pendle
31
11
3
45
2
4
6
50
Ribble Valley
3

1
4
1
2
3
7
Rossendale
35
56
9
100
1
4
5
105

Lancashire County
415
432
115
962
95
119
214
1,177
Lancashire NUTS-2
447
486
134
1,067
175
183
358
1,426

North West
2,560
4,970
620
8,150
1,880
1,040
2,920
11,060
England
13,330
17,850
3,670
34,850
18,430
9,450
27,880
62,730
Note (1) "Brownfield land", or previously-developed land, is land that was developed but is now vacant or derelict, and land currently in use with known potential for redevelopment, for housing or for other use.
Source (External) DCLG - Previously-Developed Land that may be available for Development: England 2006
Archive 2004 , 2005
Fly Tipping Cases, 2006/07 and 2007/08⁽¹⁾

April 2006 to March 2007
April 2007 to March 2008
Incidents
Estimated clearance cost (£)
Prosecutions
Incidents
Estimated clearance cost (£)
Prosecutions
Undertaken
Successful
Undertaken
Successful

Blackburn with Darwen
6,733
341,908
10
9
6,069
330,994
31
31
Blackpool
9,894
386,908

7,418
275,608

Burnley
4,385
115,443
48
34
7,522
187,916
60
43
Chorley
1,124
58,423

1,252
62,153
2
2
Fylde
331
20,519

582
37,266

Hyndburn
3,343
193,304
14
14
3,125
130,570
13
11
Lancaster
3,214
174,927

2,266
194,096

Pendle
4,747
265,104
12
9
4,801
239,168
13
13
Preston
6,228
309,739

8,037
340,801

Ribble Valley
644
32,877

562
29,207

Rossendale
621
29,870

732
30,575
1
1
South Ribble
1,264
34,841

796
56,162

West Lancashire
2,408
132,101
17
17
1,792
88,953
41
41
Wyre
2,739
32,126

4,018
247,820
2
2

Lancashire County
31,048
1,339,274
91
74
35,485
1,644,687
132
113
Lancashire NUTS-2
47,675
2,128,090
101
83
48,972
2,251,289
163
144
Note (1) (External) The DEFRA website also contains results for the previous two financial years.
Source Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Household Recycling and Composting Rates, 2005/06 to 2007/08

Rate (%) 2005/06
Rate (%) 2006/07
Rate (%) 2007/08

Waste Collection Authorities
Burnley
22.1
31.6
32.9
Chorley
39.5
44.1
47.2
Fylde
31.9
40.0
41.9
Hyndburn
24.7
33.5
36.4
Lancaster
16.4
25.8
30.8
Pendle
29.5
31.8
33.7
Preston
22.2
28.6
30.4
Ribble Valley
18.7
21.4
26.2
Rossendale
23.9
28.1
34.3
South Ribble
29.7
44.2
44.3
West Lancashire
27.9
38.0
43.1
Wyre
31.8
40.2
42.5

Unitary Authorities (Both Collection and Disposal) ⁽¹⁾
Blackburn with Darwen
24.2
32.0
33.8
Blackpool
26.4
27.3
33.9

Waste Disposal Authority ⁽¹⁾
Lancashire County
34.3
38.7
41.2

England
26.7
30.9
34.5
Note (1) Figures for waste disposal authorities include all waste collected for recycling or disposal by the WDA and their constituent waste collection authorities.
Source Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) - Municipal Waste Statistics - Local Authority Data
Gas and Electricity Consumption, 2006

Gas Sales per Consumer (kWh)
Electricity Sales per Consumer (kWh)
Domestic
Industrial and Commercial
Domestic
Industrial and Commercial

North Lancashire
18,943
609,117
4,520
61,787
Blackpool
18,373
334,645
4,485
52,179
Fylde
20,735
855,210
4,745
84,835
Lancaster
18,130
738,686
4,312
55,395
Wyre
19,465
760,233
4,660
69,165

Central Lancashire
18,979
558,392
4,429
82,996
Chorley⁽¹⁾
19,367
459,518
4,435
66,285
Preston
17,975
394,487
4,204
83,574
South Ribble
18,791
747,617
4,337
92,469
West Lancashire⁽¹⁾
20,127
743,635
4,798
88,358

Lancashire West
19,960
585,528
4,476
71,061

East Lancashire
19,306
609,709
4,218
92,011
Blackburn with Darwen⁽¹⁾
19,362
721,411
4,187
107,964
Burnley
18,342
466,307
3,984
74,068
Hyndburn
18,315
474,844
4,045
64,607
Pendle
18,734
478,899
4,043
79,123
Ribble Valley
21,498
789,038
5,040
121,546
Rossendale
20,934
711,210
4,372
101,020

Lancashire County
19,151
619,873
4,393
79,482
Lancashire NUTS-2
19,090
595,229
4,384
78,647

North West
18,657
658,252
4,279
96,282
Great Britain
18,241
605,218
4,457
81,876
Note (1) District contains one large industrial consumer whose consumption is not included in the data.
Source Department of Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform - Energy Trends, Regional & Local Electricity/Gas Consumption Statistics
Gas and Electricity Consumption
Road Transport Fuel Consumption, 2006 (thousands of tonnes of fuel)

Personal⁽¹⁾
Freight⁽²⁾
Total

North Lancashire
159.0
84.1
243.1
Blackpool
27.6
8.3
35.8
Fylde
38.1
16.3
54.3
Lancaster
54.4
36.5
90.8
Wyre
39.0
23.1
62.1

Central Lancashire
218.4
135.3
353.7
Chorley
70.2
52.5
122.7
Preston
52.7
30.2
82.9
South Ribble
52.0
29.9
81.9
West Lancashire
43.5
22.6
66.1

Lancashire West
377.3
219.4
596.7

East Lancashire
168.7
84.0
252.7
Blackburn with Darwen
35.8
17.4
53.2
Burnley
25.8
11.5
37.3
Hyndburn
33.8
18.6
52.4
Pendle
25.4
11.0
36.4
Ribble Valley
23.9
12.8
36.7
Rossendale
24.0
12.7
36.6

Lancashire County
482.6
277.7
760.4
Lancashire NUTS-2
546.0
303.4
849.4

North West
2,634.4
1,554.3
4,188.7
Great Britain
23,025.5
13,420.3
36,445.8
Notes (1) Personal travel includes buses, diesel cars, petrol cars and motorcycles.
(2) Freight includes HGVs, diesel LGVs and petrol LGVs.
Source BERR - Regional & Local Road Tranport Consumption Statistics
Road Transport Fuel Consumption
Other Fuel Consumption (i.e. Non-Gas, Non-Electricity and Non-Road Transport Fuels), 2005

Thousand Tonnes of Oil Equivalent
Petroleum
Coal
Manufactured Solid Fuels
Renewables and Wastes
All Fuels

North Lancashire
63.8
2.1
0.9
3.8
70.6
Blackpool
5.6
0.0
0.0
0.5
6.2
Fylde
23.7
0.5
0.0
0.2
24.4
Lancaster
21.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
23.3
Wyre
13.5
0.7
0.0
2.5
16.7

Central Lancashire
85.0
4.7
1.8
1.7
93.1
Chorley
16.6
2.7
0.7
0.6
20.7
Preston
13.9
0.4
0.0
0.4
14.8
South Ribble
20.4
0.6
0.7
0.2
21.9
West Lancashire
34.1
0.9
0.4
0.5
35.8

Lancashire West
148.8
6.8
2.7
5.5
163.7

East Lancashire
117.0
75.9
1.2
24.3
218.4
Blackburn with Darwen
28.3
1.3
1.0
0.5
31.1
Burnley
13.2
0.4
0.0
0.4
14.0
Hyndburn
14.8
0.5
0.0
0.2
15.5
Pendle
19.5
0.7
0.0
0.4
20.6
Ribble Valley
28.1
71.5
0.0
22.2
121.8
Rossendale
13.2
1.6
0.0
0.7
15.5

Lancashire County
231.9
81.3
2.8
28.9
344.9
Lancashire NUTS-2
265.8
82.7
3.8
29.9
382.1

North West
2,170.3
126.3
23.5
114.9
2,434.9
Great Britain
18,029.3
3,038.8
1,220.8
2,146.4
24,435.4
Source BERR - Regional and Local Use of Non-Gas, Non-Electricity and Non-Road Transport Fuels, 2005
Other Fuel Consumption
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