Barnet Playing Field, Barnet - playground consultation

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This consultation has now closed.

Overview

An overall master plan for Barnet Playing Field and King George V Playing Field was agreed at the March 2020 meeting of the Environment Committee. This included the provision of play facilities on Barnet Playing Field, replacing the existing playground. The master plan sets out what is to be provided but does not secure any funding to deliver the plan.

Within the past year funding for the playground has been secured from section 106 contributions from nearby development. This means the council has around £300,000 to construct a new playground. The proposal is that this new playground will be

Overview

An overall master plan for Barnet Playing Field and King George V Playing Field was agreed at the March 2020 meeting of the Environment Committee. This included the provision of play facilities on Barnet Playing Field, replacing the existing playground. The master plan sets out what is to be provided but does not secure any funding to deliver the plan.

Within the past year funding for the playground has been secured from section 106 contributions from nearby development. This means the council has around £300,000 to construct a new playground. The proposal is that this new playground will be in a similar location to the current playground, the outdoor gym will remain, the basketball hoop will be removed; the new playground will be bigger than the current playground; the new playground will cater for a greater age range and the shape of the new playground takes into account the proposed wheeled sports park included in the master plan.


What are we seeking your views on?

We would like to know what you think about the proposed new playground at Barnet Playing Field. The proposed playground layout in 2D is set out here and in 3D here. The individual pieces of proposed equipment for toddlers are shown here and the individual pieces of proposed equipment for juniors are shown here.


How can you give us your views?

  • Please complete the online questionnaire for Barnet Playing Field.

  • The council will also have two pop up events in Barnet Playing Field playground, so you can look at the proposals. Council staff will be on hand to discuss the plans and answer any questions you may have. The dates and locations of these pop up events are:

  • Thursday 13 April 2023 10:30am – 1:30pm
  • Saturday 29 April 2023 10:30am – 12:30pm

To request a questionnaire in an alternative format, please email parks@barnet.gov.uk or telephone 020 8359 7404.

Alternatively, you can write to us at: parks@barnet.gov.uk or Greenspaces, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4EW.


What happens next

The council will review the outcomes of the play consultation to see if there is any interest in changing the play facilities and if so what to. The outcomes will then be discussed with the play contractor, to see what changes it is possible to do within the budget that is available. The council will then agree the final plans with the play contractor and the play contractor will be commissioned to carry out the work. The work is likely to take place in Autumn 2023.

The council will publish the consultation findings on this page and we will also let you know how we are acting on the results of the consultation under ‘We asked, You said, We Did.’

This consultation has now closed.

  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on the replacement playground at Barnet Playing Field.


    You said

    We received 112 responses to the online questionnaire, we spoke to 65 people at the two events we ran in the current playground and we received 4 direct emails. The key themes from the public consultation were the following requests:

    • to keep the existing basketball hoop
    • to install monkey bars
    • for a roundabout
    • for a second baby swing
    • for surfacing under the picnic benches
    • to improve and extend the basketball facilities.

    We did

    Following the feedback received, we developed a revised plan, which includes:

    • the shape of the new playground has been changed so the existing basketball hoop can be kept. We have added a gate into the playground from the side with the basketball hoop
    • we have removed the turbo carousel and replaced this with monkey bars
    • we have added a roundabout to the design
    • we have added a second baby swing to the design
    • the picnic benches have been better incorporated into the design, with surfacing under the picnic benches.

    The order has been placed for this design, and it is likely to be installed in late autumn 2023.

    We are not able to improve and extend the basketball facilities within the playground project. However, we have noted this request for future improvements to the facilities at Barnet Playing Field, when funding becomes available.