Policy information sourced from the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2
DMCI 5: Children’s Play Areas
For all major development proposals, the Council will apply Hillingdon’s child yields and the London Plan SPG; ‘Providing for Children and Young Peoples Play and Informal Recreation’, which specifies that 10sqm of play space should be provided for each child and an accessibility standard of 400 metres to equipped playgrounds.
In areas of deficiency, there will be a requirement for new provision to be made to meet the benchmark standards for accessibility to play provision.
The Council will resist the loss of existing play spaces unless:
- a replacement play space of equivalent size and functionality is provided to meet the needs of the local population. Where this is not possible, development will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances where there are over-riding planning merits to the proposal; and
- it can be demonstrated robustly that they are no longer required and that their loss would not lead to a shortfall in overall play provision in the local area.
For more information please see the Local Plan: Part 2