Park Managers Forum – 30 Oct 2023 Open Space Strategy and Open Space Assessments, Play and Play Sufficiency Assessments:This was a ‘working PMF’. In many places things have been moving rapidly on these fronts in the last few months, with considerable work going on for those Councils needing to start their NPF 4 local development planning cycle. This was a chance to: compare the current state of play across local authorities Hear from Highland Council and colleagues from other Councils on how they have been working through their OSS/OSA and Play and PSA processes Have structured discussions, so as to produce and share hints and tips both on the day, and afterwards. Resources shared by meeting participants: greenspace scotland slides: greenspace scotland news, setting the scene, and Open Space Audit & Strategy and Play Sufficiency Assessment – bird’s eye overview straw poll on Open Space / Play work within the first National Planning 4 planning cycle - data from an online poll in the meeting to roughly gauge how things stood for participants, and to share that information 'Information Gathering Techniques – Highland Play Sufficiency Audit Field Maps example': Lynn MacGillivrary, Mike Atkinson, Matthew Hilton. Highland Council About the legal and regulatory frameworks: Scottish Statutory Instrument on Play Sufficiency Regulations, May 2023 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/97/made Scottish Statutory Instrument on Play Sufficiency Regulations, May 2023 - as PDFScottish Government guidance on Play Sufficiency Regulations, 14 December 2023 - (published since the 30 October PMF: link via greenspace scotland news story) Scottish Statutory Instrument on Play Sufficiency Assessments: an input - output model of components and dimensions (updated 23 Feb 2024 to refer to Scottish Government guidance) Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 Section 3 Open Space Strategy - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/13/section/3 Open Space Strategies draft Scottish Government regulations as consulted 17Dec21 - as PDF Advice, resources and practice examples: Playing-Out-Survey_Getting-it-Right-for-Play.pdf (playscotland.org) Our Place – resources offered by the Place Standard partners (Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, Architecture & Design Scotland, the Improvement Service and Glasgow City Council) Our Place | Our PlaceDraft East Lothian Play Sufficiency Assessment - East Lothian Council (general public consultation that ran to 13 Nov 23 after prior work including with children) - Draft East Lothian Play Sufficiency Assessment - East Lothian Council - Citizen Space (eastlothianconsultations.co.uk) The 5 Ds in the Appreciative Inquiry process (a possible approach to working through the elements of Open Space and Play Sufficiency data gathering, strategy development and implementation) - slide Manage Cookie Preferences