Street Parish Council has chosen its favoured design for a new play area for children up to 11 in Merriman Park.

Six tenders were received and a small group from the parish council and the Merriman Community Group worked through these, scoring them against the criteria set out.

The winning design was then put forward to the parish council for recommendation on July 27.

The winning tender from Kompan scored very highly in all areas, being a design with lots of scope for physical, creative and imaginative play.

It gives opportunities for socialising, and has equipment for children across the age range. The council will be ordering the new equipment as soon as possible and look forward to the new chair Andy Leafe together with the project manager Councillor Claire Axten opening the new park in the not too distant future.