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Housing Strategy YOUR VISION. YOUR FUTURE. HousingDraft Play Stra Plantegy Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. i Introduction..............................................................................................................................................iii Part A – Play Context .............................................................................................................................. 1 1 About Play ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Play is for everyone ................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 What is play? ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 What is deep play? .................................................................................................................. 2 1.4 What is a play space? ............................................................................................................. 2 1.5 Play space design ................................................................................................................... 3 1.6 What are the types of play? .................................................................................................... 3 1.7 Context of play ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.8 Childhood health and wellbeing .............................................................................................. 6 1.9 Play trends .............................................................................................................................. 7 2 Strategic Context ............................................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Children’s right to play ............................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Inclusive play ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Open space and play .............................................................................................................. 9 Part B – Local context ........................................................................................................................... 10 3 About the Hornsby Shire ............................................................................................................... 11 3.1 The Bushland Shire ............................................................................................................... 11 3.2 Hornsby Shire community ..................................................................................................... 13 4 Community Consultation ............................................................................................................... 15 4.1 Groups consulted .................................................................................................................. 15 4.2 Consultation outcomes .......................................................................................................... 16 Part C – Play space analysis ................................................................................................................ 19 5 Existing Play Spaces ..................................................................................................................... 20 5.1 Quantity ................................................................................................................................. 20 5.2 Hierarchy ............................................................................................................................... 20 5.3 Distribution ............................................................................................................................ 21 5.4 Existing play space analysis ................................................................................................. 22 5.5 Play types analysis ................................................................................................................ 24 5.6 Age breakdown ..................................................................................................................... 25 6 District Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 26 6.1 Analysis assumptions ............................................................................................................ 26 6.2 District 1 ................................................................................................................................ 28 6.3 Districts 2 and 2A .................................................................................................................. 29 6.4 Districts 3 and 9..................................................................................................................... 30 6.5 District 4 ................................................................................................................................ 31 6.6 Districts 5 and 7..................................................................................................................... 32 6.7 District 6 ................................................................................................................................ 33 6.8 District 8 ................................................................................................................................ 34 HORNSBY SHIRE PLAY PLAN Part D – Plan for the future ................................................................................................................... 35 7 Play Space Framework ................................................................................................................. 36 7.1 Vision statement .................................................................................................................... 36 7.2 Guiding principles .................................................................................................................. 36 7.3 Play space design principles ................................................................................................. 37 7.4 Design considerations ........................................................................................................... 38 7.5 Quality play provision ............................................................................................................ 39 7.6 ‘Mosaic of play’ concept ........................................................................................................ 44 7.7 Recommended hierarchy ...................................................................................................... 47 7.8 Regional play space .............................................................................................................. 48 7.9 District play space ................................................................................................................. 49 7.10 Local play space ................................................................................................................... 50 7.11 Pocket play space ................................................................................................................. 51 7.12 Special purpose .................................................................................................................... 52 8 Recommendations & Action Plan.................................................................................................. 59 8.1 High level recommendations ................................................................................................. 59 8.2 Action plan ............................................................................................................................. 59 8.3 Play space priority ................................................................................................................. 60 8.4 Play space major changes .................................................................................................... 60 8.5 District 1: Action plan ............................................................................................................ 61 8.6 Districts 2 and 2a: Action plan............................................................................................... 63 8.7 Districts 3 and 9: Action plan ................................................................................................. 65 8.8 District 4: Action plan ............................................................................................................ 67 8.9 Districts 5 and 7: Action plan ................................................................................................. 69 8.10 District 6: Action plan ............................................................................................................ 71 8.11 District 8: Action plan ............................................................................................................ 73 9 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................
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