Edgar Street Athletic Ground
Case reference FOI2024/01032
Received 9 June 2024
Published 2 July 2024
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1) In each tax year since 2014/15, how much income has been generated for the council by telecommunications companies with equipment on the floodlight pylons at Edgar Street Athletic Ground?
2) In each tax year since 2014/15, has there been any expenditure on the Blackfriars End at Edgar Street Athletic Ground in terms of maintenance, work required under health and safety law etc. Please do not include any figures for redevelopment plans.
3) In each tax year since 2014/15, how much money has been spent on drawing up plans for the development of the Blackfriars End at Edgar Street Athletic Ground? Please provide separate figures for the Edgar Street grid plans from before 2020 under the previous administration and the latest plans currently being drawn up for student accommodation/key worker housing.
Response
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1) In each tax year since 2014/15, how much income has been generated for the council by telecommunications companies with equipment on the floodlight pylons at Edgar Street Athletic Ground?
A:
Financial Year Income received (£)
2014/15 0
2015/16 0
2016/17 8,000
2017/18 8,000
2018/19 8,000
2019/20 58,801
2020/21 17,543
2021/22 17,543
2022/23 17,543
2023/24 17,543
2024/25 9,543
Please note 2019/20 financial year includes rent backdated to 2013/14
2) In each tax year since 2014/15, has there been any expenditure on the Blackfriars End at Edgar Street Athletic Ground in terms of maintenance, work required under health and safety law etc. Please do not include any figures for redevelopment plans.
A: This level of detail is not available, financial information is recorded for the football ground as a whole, and not solely for the Blackfriars end. Please see this below:
Financial Year Total revenue spend on football ground (£)
2014/15 5,730
2015/16 106,495
2016/17 8,426
2017/18 4,483
2018/19 7,534
2019/20 -6,662
2020/21 0
2021/22 3,584
2022/23 1,753
2023/24 3,768
2024/25 1,742
3) In each tax year since 2014/15, how much money has been spent on drawing up plans for the development of the Blackfriars End at Edgar Street Athletic Ground? Please provide separate figures for the Edgar Street grid plans from before 2020 under the previous administration and the latest plans currently being drawn up for student accommodation/key worker housing.
A:
Financial Year Spend incurred on Blackfriars redevelopment (£)
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19 4,400
2019/20 62,133
2020/21 2,238
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
No spend recorded to date for current plans being drawn up
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