Space for children to play should be a requirement in planning law, say MPs

Wales introduced a play sufficiency duty in 2012 and Scotland passed a play strategy implementation plan in 2023. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A duty to provide space for children to play on new developments should be embedded in planning law, MPs and campaigners have said.

The first ever all-party parliamentary group on play was launched on Tuesday alongside a campaign to bring in a “play sufficiency duty” in England to match those in Wales and Scotland.