Play Park Design & Strategies

Our Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning teams have been involved with the planning, design and management of play space, parks and open space projects throughout Scotland. Our landscape team specialises in creating attractive green spaces for people to enjoy the outdoors, play, cycle, participate in sport and socialise. The planning team have responded to the requirement for local authorities to prepare Play Sufficiency Assessments, in line with NPF4 and the 2023 PSA Regulations.

Play Sufficiency Assessments, Audits and Strategies for local authorities include:

• North Ayrshire Play Sufficiency Assessment
• Moray Council PSA Training
• Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park Play Sufficiency Audit
• East Dunbartonshire Play Sufficiency Assessment
• North Ayrshire Equipped Play Strategy
• East Dunbartonshire Play Strategy & Action Plan
• South Ayrshire Council Play Strategy

Major Play Park Projects include:

• The Helix Play Park, Falkirk
• Beach Park Irvine
• Dock Park Play Area, Dumfries
• Ravenscraig Civic Park Play Area, Motherwell
• Saughton Park Play Area, Edinburgh
• The Antonine Wall play areas, Peel Park, Goldenhill Park, Callendar Park Falkirk
• Halfway Park, Cardonald
• Belleisle Park Play Park, Ayr

Informal Play Spaces and Natural Play features are often included in residential open space designs, most notably:

• Infinity Loop, Kilmarnock
• Pinkie Mains Housing
• Lochend Urban Eden, Edinburgh

Sensory Play, Learning Gardens and Open Spaces include:

• St Crispin’s School Landscape & Play Space
• Castle Crags Autism Respite Centre
• Ciaran’s House Respite Centre

For more information contact: Jane Dixon