This meeting will include a decision on the fees to be charged for using Kingsbury Water Park Fishery during the 2025/26 season.

Kingsbury Water Park Fishery Fees and Charges

This item concerns a decision on the fees to be charged for fishing at Kingsbury Water Park during the 2025/26 season. The report notes that the cost of most fishing tickets and permits will not increase. The cost of a Specimen Carp Night Fishing Annual Permit for new permit holders will decrease by 5.1%, from £522.00 to £495.00, and the cost for existing permit holders will decrease by 9%, to £475.00. A new night fishing ticket is proposed for specimen carp fishing on two lakes, Pine Pool and Gibsons Pool, priced at £27.50 and £22.50 respectively. The report says that,

For 2025/26 a new night fishing ticket is proposed for specimen carp fishing on two lakes; Pine Pool and Gibsons pool. These will be priced at £27.50 and £22.50 respectively. There will also be an additional option for specimen carp night fishing permit holders to purchase guest night bookings at £25.00 per night. This will add to our offer and cater for a different sector of the market, with the prospect of attracting new permit holders from those introduced as guests.

These proposals have been set following competitor benchmarking, customer feedback and assessment of in-year figures. Benchmarking has consisted of the evaluation of competitor sites (including other local authority managed fisheries), looking at fish stock species, numbers and weight, facilities, type of angling and setting. All these factors are important when benchmarking.

The decision on fees and charges has been brought to the Portfolio Holder for determination ahead of the collective fees and charges process because:

the commercial need to agree prices and start advertising and selling permits from January 2025 for the 2025 season which starts on 1 April 2025.