Children's Play Areas Design Guide (Defence Works Design Guides) Book

Based on recent advice from the National Playing Fields Association, this edition assists property managers, their works service managers and their establishment works consultants in tackling responsibilities for children's play provision. The book focuses on MOD sites within the UK and overseas, and acts as one of the main publications to be used in relation to children's play provision within MOD areas. The second edition differs from the first in a number of significant ways: it replaces the criteria of a minimum area per 1000 population in favour of a walking time distance between home and three new categories of formal children's outdoor playing space, now recognized as established practice within the UK. The previous three categories of formal play areas have been superseded by three new categories with the acronyms LAPs, LEAPs and NEAPs. Whilst still based on the appropriate needs of toddler, junior and major age ranges, greater importance is placed on the degree of supervision and accessibility criteria required. The section on inspection and maintenance has been expanded.Read More