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FOI request (FOIR-803336704)
Parks services
Requested Wed 25 February 2026
Responded Tue 17 March 2026Can you tell me how much income/revenue has been generated from your parks services in the last three years per annum?
Please give details of individual services and how much they raised.
Can you tell me, is the money generated from these services fed back into council owned parks or does it go into a central budget?
Can you tell me, are your parks currently maintained by the council or by an external contractor? Over the past three years have they been maintained by the council or by an external contractor?
Can you tell me what your council maintenance budget has been over the past three years?
Response
Income in Parks service last 3 years:
2022-23:
Allotments £42,133.91
Parks £115,315.10,
Total £157,449.01
2023-24:
Allotments £45,368.32
Parks £90,464.44
Total £135,832.76
2024-25:
Allotments £47,110.69
Parks £138,142.26
Total £185,252.95
- Is money fed back into Parks service or to a central budget:
Answer: The income offsets any spend within the Parks service reducing the overall cost.
Maintenance cost over last 3 years:
2022-23: £933,142.17
2023-24: £971,122.91
2024-25: £1,117,264.10
- Can you tell me, are your parks currently maintained by the council or by an external contractor? Over the past three years have they been maintained by the council or by an external contractor?
Answer: Hastings Borough Council manages their grounds maintenance service in-house. Hastings have historically contracted this service out to external contractors but brought this back in house in November 2023.
- Can you tell me what your council maintenance budget has been over the past three years?
Answer: Circa £1m per annum for total GM service including staffing costs
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