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Component rates are rounded by 2 decimal places
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Comments - Analysis of this data has included the size, location and classification of parks and applied these to budgeted service costs to provide a simple benchmark. The number of parks in each category is shown in the table in brackets alongside the appropriate rate
- The highest rate was £2.41 per sq ft for Shopping Parks in the South over 200,000 sq ft, while the lowest was £0.31 per sq ft for Bulky Goods Parks in the South over 200,000 sq ft
- As with reconciled service charges, the previous research on size and location shows that the rate per sq foot will decrease with size, and be lower in the North while a qualitative effect can be anticipated and for Shopping Parks to be the most expensive and Bulky Goods the cheapest
- Running counter to this are Bulky Goods Parks in the middle size range of 100,000 sq feet to 200,000 sq feet where they are generally more expensive and the group in the North is most expensive
- The other exceptions are the large sized group of Shopping Parks which are most expensive and this is a qualitative effect with "soft services" and "administration" being greatly increased in both the South and North
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