Town Centre Car Parking Income
Case reference FOI2026/02048
Received 25 September 2026
Published 26 October 2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you please provide the following information:
For each of the financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26, please provide:
1. The total income from parking charges received from council-owned or council-operated off-street car parks located within town centres.
2. The direct operating expenditure associated with those car parks.
3. The resulting net income/surplus or deficit, if this is already calculated by the Council.
4. The number of car parks and total number of parking spaces covered by the figures above, where this information is readily available.
5. The names of the car parks included within the figures, so that we can understand how the Council has interpreted "town centre".
Response
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please note that this information is already published on our website and can be found via the following links:
https://www.guildford.gov.uk/article/25157/Parking-income
https://democracy.guildford.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=35880
https://democracy.guildford.gov.uk/documents/s42661/App1-AnnParkRep24-25-FINAL.pdf
https://democracy.guildford.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=35879
https://democracy.guildford.gov.uk/documents/s42660/Report-ABP26-27-FINAL.pdf
As such, the information you require can be found from publicly available sources and consequentially under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible.
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
Guildford Borough Council
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