Playground inspection numbers and management

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Dear Chichester District Council,

Thank you in advance for your time answering this request. I am interested in knowing about the Council's digitisation of Playground inspections, as per Central Government's push for Councils to move to a digital approach for managing its assets and tasks.

I would like to know how many Playground and/or Play Area inspections are carried out each week for Playgrounds you are responsible for? Also, are these inspections completed by an in-house Council team or are they conducted by a contracted 3rd party company?

Does the Council use digital play inspection software for recording and managing these inspections? If yes, which software is used and how much does it cost the Council on an annual basis for this solution.

Yours faithfully,

James Taylor

Chichester District Council

Dear James Taylor,

Request for Information - Our Ref: FL-101003380335

Thank you for your request for information regarding Playground inspection
numbers and management. Your request was received on 24/08/2020 and I am
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Lara Joyce
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Chichester District Council

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Justin Jones, Chichester District Council

Dear James,

We carry out 3 routine inspections per week and one monthly operational inspection. All carried out by an in house team - all trained to RPII competency. We do not use digital play inspection software, all inspections are recorded on paper inspections sheets -then scanned and saved - the originals are kept for 21 years.

Best regards

Justin

Justin Jones
Green Spaces Lead
Grounds Maintenance
Chichester District Council
Ext: 34630 | Tel: 01243534630 | [email address] | Fax: 01243776766
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