Section 106: Open Space & Recreation

Open space contributions fund parks, play areas, sports facilities, allotments, and green infrastructure. They ensure new residents have access to recreational space.

CouncilReceivedSpentHeld
Wokingham2025/26£36.2 million£26.5 million£9.7 million
Stafford2024/25£23.1 million£25,646.9£830,162.5
Chorley2025/26£7.4 million£4.1 million£767,991.33
Birmingham2023/24£6 million£722,686£13.9 million
Chichester2025/26£5.1 million£4.2 million£787,589.97
Maidstone2025/26£5 million£3.8 million£1.2 million
Barnet2025/26£5 million£2.8 million£1.5 million
Hertsmere2025/26£4.3 million£3.4 million£1.1 million
Salford2022/23£3.7 million£0£0
Torbay2024/25£3.6 million£342,979.93£2.6 million
Reading2025/26£3.6 million£0£3.6 million
Tower Hamlets2023/24£3.3 million£769,445.58£0
Buckinghamshire2024/25£3.2 million£2 million£18.8 million
Southwark2025/26£2.7 million£1.5 million£645,027.41
Havant2025/26£2.7 million£702,529.19£2 million
Sutton2025/26£2.6 million£2.4 million£42,926.71
Lambeth2023/24£2.5 million£2.1 million£3.5 million
North Yorkshire2024/25£1.9 million£1.1 million£823,094.12
North York Moors National Park2024/25£1.9 million£1.1 million£0
York2024/25£1.7 million£350,466.08£2.3 million
South Oxfordshire2024/25£1.6 million£843,930£1.4 million
Eastleigh2024/25£1.4 million£1.8 million£0
Newcastle upon Tyne2023/24£1.4 million£205,422£0
Harborough2022/23£1.3 million£1.2 million£4.1 million
Uttlesford2025/26£1.2 million£856,023.14£0
Newcastle-under-Lyme2024/25£1.2 million£0£0
Barnsley2024/25£1.1 million£1.2 million£0
Colchester2024/25£1.1 million£455,197.38£918,596.35
Cambridge2024/25£1.1 million£912,413.94£3.3 million
Warwick2024/25£1.1 million£250,131.91£4.7 million
North Devon2024/25£1.1 million£410,340£0
Cherwell2024/25£1 million£607,645.05£0
Castle Point2024/25£1 million£607,645.05£0
Darlington2023/24£984,000£662,000£322,000
Ealing2024/25£983,363.26£603,790.91£0
Kingston upon Hull, City of2024/25£936,000£0£2 million
Bath and North East Somerset2024/25£931,229.28£155,046£2.1 million
High Peak2024/25£885,127.92£110,136.25£774,991.67
Hart2024/25£829,171.9£711,773.6£1.3 million
South Derbyshire2023/24£778,983.52£248,719.23£2.9 million
Brighton and Hove2019/20£757,217£0£0
East Hertfordshire2024/25£713,452.8£281,359.32£0
Tunbridge Wells2020/21£687,066.68£0£0
Guildford2023/24£681,929.37£892,509.21£655,633.35
Knowsley2021/22£649,627£0£0
North Tyneside2019/20£621,295.81£0£0
Hillingdon2024/25£621,086.59£130,883.85£0
North Northamptonshire2024/25£592,749£0£0
Runnymede2023/24£569,414£0£569,414
Winchester2019/20£566,000£128,221.8£0
North Hertfordshire2024/25£554,106£0£0
Kirklees2024/25£551,347.06£888,154.66£0
Nuneaton and Bedworth2024/25£548,420.43£220,106.32£727,635.35
Ashford2024/25£532,888.97£397,503.62£0
South Ribble2024/25£498,607£100,755£0
Vale of White Horse2024/25£489,408£2.1 million£531,080
Rochdale2024/25£479,500£288,679£0
Hinckley and Bosworth2024/25£475,195.32£215,165.08£1.7 million
Fenland2024/25£409,904.87£0£0
Hartlepool2024/25£406,610.87£157,000£249,610.87
Amber Valley2024/25£396,167.26£236,618.42£238,555.7
Derby2024/25£390,744.23£273,649.8£1.5 million
Cannock Chase2024/25£381,682.65£409,887.96£0
South Hams2024/25£368,643.88£399,247.55£0
Medway2024/25£327,283.7£653,753.7£0
Wirral2024/25£326,113£0£0
Walsall2024/25£308,320.67£163,729.19£0
South Norfolk2023/24£300,254.63£44,146.81£1.1 million
Maldon2024/25£290,744.48£230,015.07£60,729.41
North Lincolnshire2024/25£284,594.66£94,625.18£0
West Northamptonshire2021/22£282,450.26£99,434.75£0
Forest of Dean2021/22£277,500£0£0
Spelthorne2024/25£270,197.61£142,696.76£125,895.69
Fareham2024/25£269,616.49£520,074.82£0
Surrey Heath2024/25£257,705£87,412£0
Gloucester2020/21£241,376.46£0£0
Epping Forest2024/25£235,638.86£202,950.27£0
Braintree2020/21£234,992.16£290,508.53£251,347.17
Boston2024/25£232,727£232,727£0
Wyre2024/25£232,484.01£0£588,982.45
Lewisham2024/25£225,420£18,047.52£0
Milton Keynes2024/25£225,261.65£0£0
Tameside2019/20£210,982£74,544£136,438
Horsham2019/20£209,635£731,398.44£209,635
Sefton2024/25£196,208.53£626,853.51£9,631.02
Doncaster2024/25£193,839£798,719£2 million
North Somerset2024/25£186,202.2£223,247.18£0
West Devon2024/25£182,400.26£220,926.01£810,554.65
The Broads Authority2023/24£179,850£179,850£0
Canterbury2024/25£177,786.3£508,677.82£2.3 million
Tewkesbury2021/22£165,130£0£0
Rushmoor2024/25£165,056.42£0£0
Bromsgrove2024/25£157,790.58£65,000£23,279
Breckland2022/23£155,830.88£227,686.63£792,408.39
Tendring2024/25£150,958.83£468,381.05£2.5 million
Broxbourne2024/25£147,802.67£234,535£191,500
South Kesteven2024/25£147,782.81£0£168,036.63
Bury2024/25£146,193.15£240,849.12£1.9 million
Oldham2023/24£145,550£349,735.8£304,207.2
Broxtowe2024/25£137,508.27£131,884.59£5,623.68
Blackpool2024/25£137,104£8,183.65£71,232.94
Lancaster2023/24£136,698.75£63,275£97,078.01
Oadby and Wigston2024/25£136,173.8£0£329,898.06
St Albans2024/25£135,804.82£38,363.52£0
Leicester2024/25£131,005£185,210£2.2 million
Preston2024/25£130,350£75,000£75,000
Torridge2024/25£129,302.53£156,279.89£468,725.13
Blaby2023/24£127,105.81£371,491.08£558,822.76
Stratford-on-Avon2024/25£124,640.32£218,160.86£0
South Staffordshire2024/25£117,252.31£163,265.58£0
West Berkshire2024/25£113,634£152,380.26£0
Hastings2024/25£110,875.39£44,592.01£429,190.05
Malvern Hills2024/25£107,553.32£197,227.27£0
Peterborough2024/25£106,583.79£147,455.27£1.5 million
Gravesham2024/25£106,573.39£133,009.06£106,573.39
Harlow2024/25£100,947.65£100,947.65£287,811.18
South Gloucestershire2024/25£100,000.01£0£0
Basildon2024/25£87,104.49£70,436.79£216,702.63
Cheltenham2019/20£84,160£0£0
Newark and Sherwood2024/25£81,678.97£0£0
Mid Devon2024/25£67,868.79£75,810.61£749,718.94
Westmorland and Furness2024/25£62,894£0£273,482.48
North East Lincolnshire2021/22£44,000£17,989.98£0
East Staffordshire2024/25£43,684£21,979£0
Tonbridge and Malling2025/26£38,059£0£0
North Warwickshire2023/24£34,517.24£15,097.46£19,419.78
North Norfolk2020/21£33,500£0£0
Rochford2023/24£31,575.8£0£31,575.8
Bassetlaw2024/25£21,230£46,125.92£0
Blackburn with Darwen2024/25£17,820£131,868£374,399
Hyndburn2024/25£17,820£131,868£374,399
Dover2025/26£17,115.13£0£0
Arun2024/25£16,980£0£0
Herefordshire, County of2024/25£16,400£0£0
Erewash2024/25£16,360£0£0
Sunderland2024/25£15,000£0£0
East Suffolk2024/25£14,937£62,203.7£958,543.62
Halton2018/19£11,714.64£0£0
Fylde2023/24£11,000£50,574.28£0
Watford2025/26£9,258.83£9,258.83£0
Redbridge2024/25£9,000£39,000£0
Luton2024/25£8,713.76£10,190.25£343,587.97
Lincoln2024/25£8,293£0£0
Redditch2024/25£8,064.04£10,000£134,097
Adur2024/25£5,967.21£65,977.66£368,285.36
Bradford2023/24£4,000£0£2 million
Melton2024/25£2,000£2,000£0
East Hampshire2025/26£0.02£0£0
Gateshead2021/22£0£167,669.85£0
Charnwood2024/25£0£13,160£0
Coventry2024/25£0£343,485.95£0
Greenwich2023/24£0£1.2 million£0
Isle of Wight2009/10£0£0£0
Gosport2023/24£0£0£727,301
New Forest2024/25£0£539,591.11£0
South Downs National Park2024/25£0£16,082.85£0
Cumberland2016/17£0£0£0
Stevenage2024/25£0£35,031.17£20,978.41
Bexley2023/24£0£9,214£85,691
Cotswold2024/25£0£0£0
Dacorum2024/25£0£3,792.99£176,639.05
Harrow2021/22£0£274,340£155,880
Huntingdonshire2024/25£0£302,556.74£302,086.08
Kensington and Chelsea2023/24£0£0£0
Rother2024/25£0£18,792.09£1.7 million
Bolton2024/25£0£0£1.8 million
Wealden2024/25£0£3.6 million£9.4 million
Barking and Dagenham2024/25£0£20,007.89£1.3 million
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2023/24£0£26,366£0
Brent2023/24£0£0£0
Cornwall2024/25£0£1.6 million£0
Folkestone and Hythe2023/24£0£27,979.91£681,513
Kingston upon Thames2024/25£0£827,163.27£0
Cheshire East2024/25£0£0£1.2 million
Cheshire West and Chester2024/25£0£1.2 million£1.9 million
Dorset2022/23£0£445,894.35£0
Dudley2024/25£0£313,354.54£208,443.23
East Cambridgeshire2024/25£0£817,118.42£199,468.33
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation2024/25£0£539,032.15£65,389.7
Exeter2024/25£0£87,269.56£23,161.05
Gedling2024/25£0£186,818£384,770
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk2024/25£0£1.1 million£0
Mansfield2024/25£0£91,446.84£0
Haringey2023/24£0£0£0
Hounslow2024/25£0£2.7 million£0
North West Leicestershire2024/25£0£94,861.49£0
Northumberland2024/25£0£189,226.35£0
Norwich2024/25£0£39,642.39£286,801
Nottingham2023/24£0£0£0
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation2024/25£0£165,458.4£0
Plymouth2024/25£0£6.3 million£0
Ribble Valley2024/25£0£0£1.1 million
Rugby2024/25£0£288,592.6£4.7 million
Rutland2024/25£0£74,000£0
Sandwell2024/25£0£113,986.68£805,678.5
Sevenoaks2024/25£0£250,000£0
Shropshire2024/25£0£34,581.61£0
Slough2024/25£0£67,932£1.9 million
Solihull2023/24£0£0£0
South Cambridgeshire2024/25£0£468,071.41£0
Telford and Wrekin2024/25£0£1.2 million£0
Wakefield2024/25£0£203,716£75,674.43
Waltham Forest2024/25£0£99,357.22£0
Warrington2023/24£0£22,000£0
Welwyn Hatfield2019/20£0£153,511.78£0
West Lancashire2023/24£0£45,514.05£0
Westminster2024/25£0£4 million£0
Wigan2023/24£0£1.2 million£0
Windsor and Maidenhead2024/25£0£1.4 million£972,000
Basingstoke and Deane2024/25£0£312,000£0
County Durham2024/25£0£1.1 million£1.2 million
East Devon2024/25£0£219,956.64£742,910.68
Enfield2024/25£0£0£0
Hammersmith and Fulham2024/25£0£425,307£0
Rossendale2024/25£0£209,846£299,602
Yorkshire Dales National Park2021/22£0£9,293.69£0
Babergh2023/24£0£1.2 million£0
Southend-on-Sea2023/24£0£0£1.8 million
Chesterfield2024/25£0£451,311£165,138
City of London2024/25£0£2.3 million£0
Bracknell Forest2024/25£0£0£0
Lichfield2024/25£0£117,942.88£27,010.29
Wandsworth2024/25£0£154,675£4.1 million
Reigate and Banstead2023/24£0£2.6 million£0
Bedford2023/24£0£62,309£6.2 million
Bolsover2024/25£0£342,082£540,000
Brentwood2024/25£0£8,370£0
Bromley2024/25£0£1.2 million£136,417
Chelmsford2024/25£0£45,317£1.6 million
Croydon2024/25£0£158,668.96£284,290.82
Elmbridge2024/25£0£1.1 million£183,427
Epsom and Ewell2024/25£0£49,995£0
Islington2024/25£0£3.2 million£0
Merton2024/25£0£1.4 million£0
Newham2024/25£0£1.1 million£0
Richmond upon Thames2024/25£0£377,430£3 million
Swindon2024/25£0£5.2 million£218,541.23
Sheffield2024/25£0£308,338.65£0
Derbyshire Dales2023/24£0£0£0
Broadland2024/25£0£0£0
Oxford2022/23£0£0£1.1 million
Bristol, City of2024/25£0£0£0
New Forest National Park2023/24£0£0£80,490
Thurrock2025/26£0£1,200£0
Tamworth2024/25£0£0£28,795
Tandridge2022/23£0£0£0

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