List of Children's Playparks

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Dear Orkney Islands Council,

I am emailing to request a list of council owned/maintained children's playparks within the local authority area. I would be grateful if this list could be supplied in a spreadsheet format, detailing the playpark name; address; and either datazone[1] or cartesian coordinates[2] in which the playpark is situated.

Furthermore, if you hold the information, I would also like an indication for each playpark as to whether it contains any accessible play equipment. Where possible, I would appreciate if this could indicate the type of accessible play equipment present e.g. accessible roundabout; high-back/adaptive swing; wheelchair swing; sensory play equipment.

You can find a previous FOI response from Dumfries & Galloway Council here [3] which has the sort of information I am looking for in an ideal format. A spreadsheet format could include either Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx) or Comma Separated Variable (.csv) filetypes.

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Alasdair Rutherford

[1] https://data.gov.uk/dataset/ab9f1f20-3b7...
[2] https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/su...
[3] https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...

foi, Orkney Islands Council

Dear Sir

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

Thank you for your information request dated 25 June 2019 and received on 26 June 2019. Our reference is FOI 2019-0658. This is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

We are considering your request. We may be in touch soon to ask for further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not able to fulfil your request in its present form.

The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we receive a valid request, including any clarification we need to make a final response. We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification where necessary. We hope to give you the information you are looking for at an earlier date if possible.

Regards

Katy Russell-Duff
Administrative Officer
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Telephone 01856 873535 Extension 2210

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foi, Orkney Islands Council

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Dear Sir

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

I refer to your email dated 25 June 2019 and received on 26 June 2019, our reference is FOI 2019-0658.

I am pleased to give the information you requested, as attached, and hope that it meets your requirements.

Under FOISA, if you are dissatisfied with our response, you may ask the Council to review its handling of your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your request for review with 40 working days of receiving this email. Please make your request for review to Head of Legal Services, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY or email to [Orkney Islands Council request email]. Your request must be in permanent form (letter, email, audio tape etc) and should state:

That you are asking for a review of this decision, and
Why you are unhappy with the response you have received.

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Where the outcome of the review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction, you then have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision. You have six months in which to do so following receipt of our review outcome – see www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal.

Regards

George Vickers
Information Governance Officer
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Telephone: 01856 873535 Extension: 2162
www.orkney.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Vickers,

Thank you for your response. Just to confirm, is it correct that Orkney Council does not hold information on the items of accessible play equipment in its play parks?

In the response, does the information on accessibilty (i.e. "Partly" or "Fully") refer to the accessibility of the site, or the accessibility of the play equipment on the site?

Thanks again for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Rutherford

foi, Orkney Islands Council

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Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Dear Sir

The only two play parks that contain accessible play equipment are the Pickaquoy Indoor Soft Play Area (fully accessible) and the Thorfinn Place Play Area (which has an accessible roundabout).

In terms of the question about whether the information provided was on the accessibility of the site, or the accessibility of the play equipment on the site, a column has been added to the Excel document to make this clearer.

Regards

Barbara Scollay
Administrative Support Manager
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Tel: 01856 873535, Ext 2164

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