Organise your 3 play street trial

When we publish our decision to close your road, you need to start organising your three trial play streets.

What you need to do

You need to:

  • recruit your volunteers – volunteer stewards are responsible for making sure that vehicles do not enter the road except in a controlled way
  • arrange barriers and signage (including storage)
  • advertise your play streets

Recruiting volunteers 

You must have at least one steward for every ‘road closed’ point or your play street cannot go ahead.

The number of stewards you need depends on your road. You will need at least one steward for every point at which a road is closed. You might want extra stewards, to make it easier to communicate.

There needs to be a steward at all the ‘road closed’ points at all times during the play street. So it can be useful to have one ‘spare’ steward for each play street, because if a car needs to come in or out one steward will need to stay at the barrier while the other escorts the car.

Further guidance

Download the Useful document guidance - (Word, 6.4 MB)

Provide equipment for your stewards

You should make sure your stewards have:

  • a hi-vis vests or jacket
  • a whistle to draw attention
  • a copy of the risk assessment
  • a first aid kit
  • bin bags for collecting rubbish
  • a rota so they know what times they should be working

On the day of your trial play street

On the day of your play street you should ensure:

  • the stewards meet to discuss checks that need to be carried out
  • the road is closed
  • to clear up and re-open the road when the event has finished

For further guidance on setting up your trial play street event, you can download our guide  (Word, 1019 KB)