Playdale works with housing developers to deliver well-considered play spaces that become lasting assets within residential communities.
With a broad range of modular, customisable equipment – available in timber or stainless steel – our playground solutions can be tailored to suit any site, from constrained urban housing development playgrounds to large-scale new build estate playgrounds. We design informal play spaces, social areas and multi-use games areas (MUGAs) that create genuine value for resident families.
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Providing residents with access to quality outdoor play is a fundamental consideration in housing development design. Playdale’s approach centres on creating spaces that meet the needs of children at different developmental stages – from early years playground equipment through to junior playground equipment and playground favourites – while also delivering social areas and informal gathering spaces that benefit the wider community.
Our residential playground equipment offers genuine flexibility for specifiers thanks to Playdale’s modular approach to playground designs. We can deliver value-engineered solutions that work within your budget constraints. Our experience with challenging or irregular sites means we can design play spaces that make the most of available land – however complex the plot.
Our playground designs align with Fields in Trust’s (FIT) guidance for outdoor play provision in residential settings, supporting you to meet recognised planning and design standards. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach, we work with your brief to identify the right residential playground type for the development – ensuring the finished space is appropriate, adoptable and built to last.
To support the playground design and planning process, Playdale provides a comprehensive suite of downloadable resources directly from our product pages. These include high-quality product images, CAD files and 3D plans in both DWG and 3DS formats – giving housing developers the assets that they need to integrate our equipment into design layouts from the outset.
We’ve also produced a practical how-to guide to help you make full use of our technical plans. The guide covers key planning considerations, including:
• BS EN 1176 impact areas
• Unit spacing and boundaries
• Surfacing requirements
• Falling space
• Free space
• Maximum fall heights.
These resources are designed to reduce design iteration time and give specifiers confidence at every stage – from initial concept through to planning submission.
Playdale’s experience spans both new build and established residential developments. Whether you’re refreshing a family playground, adding provision to a previously built estate or specifying equipment for a new build estate playground, we can work within your constraints to deliver a solution that meets both design intent and planning requirements.
For specialist support, contact our team to discuss your project.
Proximity to outdoor play provision is a recognised factor in housing development quality and resident wellbeing. Playdale can advise on optimum placement for play spaces within your housing development – taking into account site layout, accessibility and the planning standards relevant to your project.
Ready to progress your residential playground project? Our playground design specialists are on hand to support you from initial brief through to specification – contact us today to discuss your requirements.
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Overlooking the stunning Dedham Vale, the new Summers Park housing development in Lawford, Essex features impressive tree-lined boulevards, classic garden squares, newly created parkland and…a great new play area! This project was fulfilled by housing developer ‘Rose’ who built approximately 150 new homes and coordinated (amongst other things), the design and installation of the new play area.
Coast & Country Housing is the largest registered housing provider in Redcar and Cleveland. They believe that working together with local people to find local solutions is a key factor in building and sustaining communities. Just one of the ways that they have recently demonstrated this was through the creation of the new ‘Hummersea Hills Play Park’ in Loftus, North Yorkshire.
The Clay Farm development lies to the east of Trumpington village near Cambridge. The overall development of the site has been carried out by Countryside Properties and includes a park with playground, two schools, community centre, shops and over 2,000 new homes. The challenge for this project was to make use of the new central park and playground area to provide a safe environment for children within the community to play outside their homes. It also had to be exciting and challenging for all ages and abilities.
The next generation of modular outdoor play towers
Toddler play towers that will challenge children like never before
Challenging, active play, timber Adventure Trails
Timber and stainless steel swings
High-quality range of plastic and stainless steel slides
