Another day could be added on to the Pride event – a family friendly event in Preston Park on the Sunday for up to 15,000 people.

Brighton Pride Community Interest Company wants to secure the future of the event in Preston Park and St James’s Street for the next five years in a new council agreement.

Money raised from a Sunday family event could be used to support projects around Preston Park.

Brighton Pride director Paul Kemp said it was a shame that the event’s infrastructure was not used for wider community use.

He said: “This certainly won’t be a second Pride day on Preston Park as Pride’s main focus will be to build on the success of the Pride Village Party on the Sunday.”

Sue Shepherd, from Friends of Preston Park, said: “Pride organisers are very careful to include the local community as much as possible and we do appreciate that.

“There are a lot of parkgoers and local residents who would prefer to see the event at another venue who find it disappointing and frustrating to have their park closed. But there are advantages to having it in Preston Park so we have to accept that is what is going to happen.”

Among the changes, tickets and barriers, which were first trialled at this year’s Pride Village Party, will be continued until 2019.

It was introduced after concerns about overcrowding, with 35,000 people in 2013.

Despite a similar number of attendees this year, council officers said arrests and antisocial behaviour were lower and glass injuries “radically reduced”.

Mr Kemp said: “The majority of community feedback for this year’s event has been positive with many feeling the village party was a safer and more controlled event, but recognise we still have lots of work to do on improving the impact on the local area.”

An extended Party in the Park would close off the children’s playground on the Saturday, while “sizeable areas of the park” would be closed between Thursday and Monday after safety concerns about the construction and dismantling of equipment.

Brighton and Hove City Council also hopes Pride organisers will meet more of the service costs, totalling £94,000, that the authority provided free this year.

The 2014 event is estimated to have attracted 160,000 people, generating £13.5 million for the city’s economy with 33,000 people attending the Party in the Park on the Saturday.

The revised agreement will be discussed by Brighton and Hove City Council’s economic development and culture committee today.