Plans to replace the play area were announced over a year ago, shortly before the Pandemic began. The Council said that the facility is one of the busiest in Bradford, and hoped that re-vamping it would turn it into the “destination” play area for the District. There had been calls to upgrade the play area for years - and at its busiest there would be queues to use the swings. One local Councillor, Sarfraz Nazir (Lab, Manningham) said some areas were in “a state of disrepair.” The new play area design was described as “exciting, unique and innovative” in the planning application.