Litter reports in parks
Case reference FOI2026/01688
Received 10 August 2026
Published 7 September 2026
Request
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your authority:
Please treat this as a request for recorded information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, or the equivalent environmental information legislation applicable to your authority.
For the period 1 January 2021 to 31 July 2026 inclusive, please provide the number of reports or service requests received concerning litter or rubbish in council-owned or council-managed parks and public open spaces.
Please provide the figures broken down by individual park/site and calendar year, ideally in the following format:
Park/site name | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 1 Jan–31 Jul 2026
Where your system already records whether the report relates specifically to a playground or children's play area, please also indicate this or provide the number of those reports separately.
Please use the park/site name and categories as they are recorded in your existing system. I am not asking the council to manually review free-text descriptions to determine whether an incident occurred within a playground.
Response
Thank you for your request for information under the Environmental Information Regulations Act 2004.
Please find attached details of the complaints we have received about either ‘litter’ or ‘rubbish’ for the period requested.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Guildford Borough Council
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