Dear Robert Booth,

Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Children's
Playgrounds which we received on 05/04/19.

This has been logged as a Freedom of Information Request, and will be
dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act.  The reference number for
your request can be found above.

The Freedom of Information Act states that we must respond to you within
20 working days, therefore, you should expect to hear a response from us
by 08/05/19.

In the meantime, if you have any queries please, contact us at the email
address below.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

Email: [1][Sheffield City Council request email]

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Dear Robert Booth,

Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Children's
Playgrounds which we received on 05/04/19.

Please find below, Sheffield City Council’s response to your request:

How many children’s playgrounds were managed by the local authority in
each year from 2009-10?

2009 – Housing 22 Parks 114

2010 – Housing 22 Parks 116

2011 – Housing 27 Parks 113

2012 – No inspection, 2011 was done in December & 2013 in January so there
were only 13 months between these inspections

2013 – Housing 24 Parks 112

2014 – Housing 30 Parks 113

2015 – Housing 33 Parks 111

2016 – Housing 31 Parks 110

2017 – Housing 30 Parks 112

2018 – Housing 28 Parks 114

2019 – Housing 27 Parks 117

These numbers are calculated from the annual inspections, discrepancies
from years will be due to sites being re developed so they were
temporarily closed.

How many children’s playgrounds  have been closed in each year since
2009-10?

3 playgrounds in total. We cannot break this information down because, as
noted in the above statement, some were only closed for refurbishment.

How many children’s playgrounds  have been opened in each year since
2009-10?

New Playgrounds:

Broadfield Road 2009/10

Loxley Rec playground 11/12

Heathlands Playground 2011/12

Burngreave Rec 2012/13

Arbourthorne Pond Playground (although there was previously a playground
on this site however not for some years), 12/13

Thorpe Green 2013/14 (there hadn’t been one here for at least 5-years)

Sycamore Park (Cairns Rd) 2018/19

Toddler Playground Norfolk Heritage Park 18/19

How much local authority money has been spent on children’s playgrounds in
each year since 2009-10?

2009/10 - £970k

2010/11 - £754K

2011/12 – £630K

2012/13 – £488K

2013/14 – £256k

2014/15 – £292k

2015/16 - £90k

2016/17 - £60k

2017/18 – £179k

2018/19 - £676K

How many children’s playgrounds are proposed for closure within the next
year (ie 2019-20)?

0

How much do you propose to spend on children's playgrounds in 2019-20?

For the next financial year we are still planning all of our playgrounds
improvement programme; however, we have already approved £380k of
investment on sites across Sheffield, and works will include playground
improvements.

How many children's playgrounds have been sold off to private buyers since
2009-10, who were the buyers and how much were they sold for?

0

If you have any queries about this response, please do not hesitate to
contact us.

If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your
request, you are entitled to have this reviewed.  You can ask for an
internal review by either writing to the above address or by emailing
[1][Sheffield City Council request email].  Internal review requests should be submitted
within 40 working days from the date of this response.

If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your internal review, you
can contact the Information Commissioners Office. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 0303
123 1113, or for further details see their website [2]www.ico.org.uk

Kind Regards,

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

Email: [3][Sheffield City Council request email]

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