{"id":413900,"date":"2025-09-10T19:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413900\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:23:22","slug":"plans-to-charge-businesses-using-bristols-public-parks-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413900\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans to charge businesses using Bristol&#8217;s public parks &#8216;on hold&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The system, designed to generate income to pay for the upkeep of green spaces, will allow the council to prevent double-booking and ensure those in charge of activities are qualified and insured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anyone exercising alone, walking their own dog or taking part in groups such as Parkrun, which are free to join, will not be charged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All parks run by the local authority will come under the new scheme, though Clifton and Durdham Downs may have a different pricing structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Licensing fees would start at \u00a3450 per year for a single park and \u00a3900 for those requiring a licence to cover multiple parks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Businesses operating without a valid licence could face enforcement action, including fines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The system, designed to generate income to pay for the upkeep of green spaces, will allow the council&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-413900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115181637133163376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}