Provision of child play spaces should be duty in English planning law, MPs say | Planning policy
Representatives and activists said that the duty to provide space for children to play on new developments should be troubled in planning the planning law.
The first parliamentary group was ever launched on Tuesday, as well as a campaign to bring a “duty of contentment” in playing England To match those in Wales and Scotland.
Tom Hayes exhaustion The deputy of Bournemouth East and part of the group, pays for the draft planning and infrastructure law that passes through Parliament to be amended.
“The stadiums are not part of the legal ruling of the councils at the present time,” he said. “We want to change this and it will be a big change.”
He said that the change in the law will be “no burden and no cost” for the local authorities.
“We want to build more stadiums and want to be comprehensive for all children,” he said. “Money can come to this from section 106 boxes for developers they offer when building new homes.
“Play is very important for children and societies. We want to bring an obligation to consider playing, and we are looking at this position as an amendment to the Planning Law draft.”
Hayes and non -profit team play also announced England a 10 -year campaign “to play normally” at the event of bringing slides to the heart of Parliament.
Experts warned the government last year The children “suffer from severe damage to their health and well -being of politicians refused to give priority to the need for outdoor play.”
The investigation by the settlement committee listened to the fact that the children were “less important than the bats” In the Planning Law, there was no mention of playing in the framework of the national planning policy (NPF) until last year.
In December, after pressing Play England, NPF was modified to include protection for “official play spaces” – but as policy guidelines, not the law.
“Playing means making sure that every child has enough time, space, opportunity and freedom to play – wherever they are,” said Eugene Minog, England’s CEO.
“Our goal is to make play a natural and visible part of daily life again. We want a transformation into a culture in which the play is recognized, accepted and protected in school, in our streets, in our societies.”
“It is not only about building new stadiums. It is about including playing how to build societies – so not only children have homes, but have a childhood.”
Wales provided the duty to play in 2012, and Scotland approved the plan to implement the play strategy in 2023. Both include instructions on planning for play and duties of local authorities to assess play opportunities. In Wales, a duty is included in health, planning, education and housing strategies.
England played, in submitting a draft planning law that passes through Parliament, that “informal play spaces such as streets, real estate and gardens are still completely not completely protected from any policy or legislation [and are] I lost routinely for development or traffic. “
The draft law has faced widespread criticism from environmental groups and played activists who warned more against the restrictions imposed on planning laws. It can lead to the loss of green play spaces and.
