Tamworth park plan: council to review 333 parks for service levels and embellishments like playgrounds and barbecues

The goal of the Open Space Management Plan is to figure out what level of service the public expect and where, TRC sport and recreation development officer Sam Eriksson said.

"Embellishments are what we put in the parks, from playgrounds to barbecues down to the bins," he said.

"Higher level parks like regional playgrounds will have more embellishments than the lower-level parks.

"The service level is a guide and we have come up with a scoring system based on the park hierarchy, the usage, the function and the community expectation."

That's where the public comes in.

The council wants to understand which parks get used the most, what works and what doesn't so it can mash the figures together and get a score for how often the park will be serviced.

A service includes mowing, brush-cutting, trimming trees and fixing playground equipment.

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Bins and toilet cleans aren't being looked at because they are regularly dealt with.

Mr Eriksson hopes it will also help the community understand park maintenance.

"If we have high profile parks in a prominent spot but they don't get used a lot it will affect the aggregate score," he said.

"[It includes] all of our sporting fields and streetscapes like outside the council building and libraries in the villages as well."

To comment on the plan visit the TRC website or head to pop-ups in Manilla and Barraba on Saturday or Kootingal and Nundle on Sunday.