The guide, More than Swings and Roundabouts: Planning for outdoor play, produced by the Children's Play Council, part of the National Children's Bureau, is aimed at helping local people and organisations to create sustainable, exciting and attractive places to play. The Council said that although long-term trends in land use and planning have left children and young people with less access to public play space, partnership initiatives and funding streams were opening up more opportunities for outdoor play.
But the Council warned that the past response to outdoor play opportunities had been limited and that sometimes 'quick-fix' solutions had led to longer-term problems. It said the driving force for new playgrounds and redevelopments should be young people's needs and wishes, rather than existing spaces and provision.
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