- Free design and consultation services
- Great relationships with local authorities ensure speedy sign-off
- Offer example LAP, LEAP and NEAP designs
- Active participants of the API (Association of Play Industries)
- CHAS (Contractors Health and Safety Assessment) and Constructionline approved
- Lifetime structural guarantee*
- Early budget guidance and Section 106 support
- Planning submission visuals and site layout reviews
- Installation, inspection and aftercare
Benefits of Residential Play Spaces
Well-planned residential play spaces and provisions are an essential part of successful placemaking within new residential developments. Developing green spaces and playgrounds benefit social cohesion and childhood activity levels; but they also increase property values, benefiting you as housing developers upon sale.
Research from the Office for National Statistics finds that homes within 100m of public green spaces are on average worth 1.1% more than comparable properties further away. Therefore, if you are a planning consultant or housebuilder, play should be a key consideration in any development.
Proludic offers bespoke LAP, LEAP and NEAP designs with equipment manufactured in-house to furnish your playground and enhance the community. Boasting over 20 years of adeptly delivering play area projects in the housing sector, we have honed our expertise in securing planning approvals. All while also maintaining cost-effectiveness for our clients.
Additionally, our experience and pre-existing relationships with local authorities help us advise you in navigating provision and regulation to meet the requirements of councils’ Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) that go beyond the standard recommendations for residential play spaces detailed below…
LAP
A local area for play, or LAP, is a space at least 5m away from nearby homes designed for young children ages 0-6.
We recommend including the following features and equipment in your LAP:
- Playable landscaping
- Mounds and boulders
- Sensory planting
- Seating areas
- Selected play items such as springers, play panels, and low-level balance equipment
LEAP
Providing a higher level of provision at least 20m from nearby homes, a Local Equipped Area for Play, or LEAP is recommended for ages 4-8.
For more independent play, LEAPs should offer equipment, including:
- Swings
- Slides
- Climbing units
- Balancing equipment
- Inclusive roundabouts
- Basket swings
- Imaginative play features
NEAP
Neighbourhood Equipped Areas for Play, or NEAPs need to provide a minimum 1000 sqm of activity space at least 30m from nearby homes.
NEAPs become a central feature of neighbourhoods and promote health, wellbeing, and socialisation with equipment like:
- Climbing towers
- Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs)
- Outdoor gyms
- Parkour and callisthenics equipment
- Skate features
- Social seating areas
Supporting Housebuilders from Concept to Completion
Having delivered over £33 million worth of residential projects since 2011, Proludic stands firmly on the side of our client developers, supporting their endeavours and enhancing the UK residential landscape one playground at a time.
Hugglescote Grange LEAP – Leicestershire
Client: Harworth
Budget: £140,000
Ranges: Origin’
We’re proud to have been chosen again to create a natural, imaginative play space for Hugglescote Grange, that blends beautifully with the landscape and brings families together outdoors.
Kiran Chouhan, Senior Area Manager, Proludic
Woodford Garden Village LEAP – Manchester
Client: Redrow Homes
Budget: £120,000
Ranges: Origin‘
We are very proud of how all the play areas look. We always try to offer cost saving suggestions that do not compromise the quality, for what is a high specification development.
Tom Cooper, Proludic Area Manager
Proludic is more than a playground equipment manufacturer.
This is because we offer project management from planning stage to delivery of turnkey solution. Through our network of local authority contacts in both planning and park departments, overseeing the master planning of public open space, we ensure a smooth sign-off. This helps us make the approval process smoother and turn difficult bureaucratic problems into easy changes. As we’re one of a small number of play providers that manufacture our equipment, we can design bespoke play equipment and furnishings to fit any area and budget.
From product inception to installation and maintenance, Proludic surpasses industry standards, ensuring peace of mind for clients and end-users alike. By enlisting our services developers can confidently entrust their projects. More than mere contractors, Proludic serves as a dedicated partner, transforming client visions into reality while supporting site sales and fostering community integration into the longer term.
