Planning consideration

Play spaces

Children's play provision, including local areas for play (LAP), locally equiped areas for play (LEAP), and neighbourhood equipped area of play (NEAP).

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• Design stage: Co-design
• Tags:
  • local plan
  • policies map
  • amenity
  • leisure

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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Every 6 months
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• Technical specification: No specification added

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Play spaces' data?

  Identified by the Geospatial Commission as a national dataset to make data easier to find for the sector.

• What is the driver for the request?

  Other

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

  • Modern planning software
  • Faster local plans

Screen

• What is the 'Play spaces' consideration?

  Designated areas for children and young people containing a range of facilities and an environment that has been designed to provide focused opportunities for outdoor play, including Local Areas for Play (LAPs), Local Equipped Area for Play (LEAPs), -Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play (NEAPs) and Multi-use Games Area (MUGAs)

• Is there legislation that defines 'Play spaces'?

  No

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Play spaces'?

  We found nothing in legislation, but we think that as local authorities typically manage these spaces, decisions on their provision and development are their responsibility.

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Local authorities

• Is the Play spaces a trigger?

  No

• Is the Play spaces something to consult during plan making?

  Yes

  • Provide information about when Play spaces is used during plan making

    LPAs are likely to manage/own many of the play spaces within the borough, and therefore will hold data on play space provision. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study and/or an Infrastructure Delivery Plan, and when planning for growth, new provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development.

• Is there any Play spaces data already available?

  Yes

  • What Play spaces data is currently available?

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      • url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-open-greenspace#overview
      • name: OS Open Greenspace
      • fields: id;function;distinctiveName1;distinctiveName2;distinctiveName3;distinctiveName4;geometry
      • licence: OpenData - Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Ordnance Survey
      • attribution: n/a
      • metadata_url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/tech-spec/os-open-greenspace-technical-specification.pdf

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes, the data already exists nationally and openly. As per some research summarised in this blog, we will use the national data in the interim, but long term would like to collect this data from LPAs.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Play spaces?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Who are the statutory consultees for Play spaces?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Play spaces? How do we expect them to use Play spaces?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

  LPAs are likely to manage/own many of the play spaces within the borough, and therefore will hold data on play space provision. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study and/or an Infrastructure Delivery Plan, and when planning for growth, new provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development.

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Play spaces data?

• What are some potential uses of Play spaces data?

• What's the value of adding Play spaces data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Play spaces data available?

  Through the research of the available open national dataset, there appear to be no immediate risks to adding this data to the platform.

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2 updates

• Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (18 September 2024)

  This data is currently nationally available as per the OS Open Greenspace dataset, which we will look to use initially.

  However, as a result of our research on open space typologies we will eventually look to collect this data from LPAs individually, defined as 'Designated areas for children and young people containing a range of facilities and an environment that has been designed to provide focused opportunities for outdoor play, including Local Areas for Play (LAPs), Local Equipped Area for Play (LEAPs), Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play (NEAPs) and Multi-use Games Area (MUGAs).'

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Last updated: 2024-09-26 16:13:17