'The benefits are far-reaching and extend past the children – parents will be able to be involved and this will improve their health and outcomes'
Residential roads in Lancashire could be temporarily shut in order to make it safer for children to play outside their homes.
Rossendale West division member Samara Barnes told a meeting of the full council that many of them – like her – probably grew up at a time when school holidays involved “getting up at the crack of dawn [and] heading out to play with our friends until it went dark”.
County Cllr Barnes had initially called for a scheme to pilot play streets in Lancashire. However, cabinet member for highways and transport Rupert Swarbrick suggested that, as the concept already existed, it would be more worthwhile instead to simplify – and promote – the process of applying for the status.
According to Playing Out – an organisation which began promoting play streets in Bristol in 2009 and from which a national movement has since grown – the “general consensus” of neighbours is required as part of play street applications. The group advises early engagement with all residents living on a proposed play street in order to avoid any division being created over the issue.
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