[Neil]

I used to live close to one of the all weather, lit play areas in Burnley ( shhh don't tell anyone I used to live in Burnley is was a log time ago). It was rare to see kids hanging around on the street corners because they had somewhere to go. I never had a problem with noise because it had been sensibly sited to avoid annoying nieghbours. Burnley used to have several and I always thought they were a superb idea.