Issue - meetings

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose:To present members with the outcome of the play value assessment of fixed play provision in the county.

To propose a way forward for future fixed play provision in Monmouthshire.

Author:Mike Moran, Community Infrastructure Coordinator

Contact Details: mikemoran@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Subject to consultation, the council

Rationalises the number of fixed play areas in the county and re-provisions

those that are recommended for closure – the opportunities for rationalisation are more likely to occur in the four main settlements;

Replaces the current Fields in Trust (FiT) classification in favour of a two-tier

classification of Neighbourhood and Doorstep Play Areas and that this is used to rationalise the number of urban-based play areas in the four main towns;

Uses this revised classification when assessing layout plans for new residential developments in the county;

Carries out a rationalisation of fixed play provision in the town of Monmouth as an initial pilot, which can then be rolled out to the other main settlements;.

In future moves towards the provision of play equipment constructed of more

natural materials such as sustainable hardwoods (e.g. robinia), with a greater

proportion of accessible equipment.