# Playground & play area inspections: what it costs and how to get quotes

Source: https://worklanded.com/find/playground-inspections (read 2026-11-13)

Playground & play area inspections typically costs £86 to £274 (one outdoor annual inspection of one play area, plus VAT. The low end is RoSPA's discounted rate for parish, town and community councils when the inspector is already in the area (up to 5 items, 4 GBP plus VAT per extra item, 118 GBP for schools and other organisations); the high end is RoSPA's standard out-of-schedule rate for the first play area, with 125 GBP for each further area on the same visit. A multi-area council job is typically several hundred GBP a visit), according to RoSPA Play Safety, Annual Playground Inspections, read November 2026.

## What happens to an enquiry sent here

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Typical cost | £86 to £274 |
| What that price is for | One outdoor annual inspection of one play area, plus VAT. The low end is RoSPA's discounted rate for parish, town and community councils when the inspector is already in the area (up to 5 items, 4 GBP plus VAT per extra item, 118 GBP for schools and other organisations); the high end is RoSPA's standard out-of-schedule rate for the first play area, with 125 GBP for each further area on the same visit. A multi-area council job is typically several hundred GBP a visit. |
| What you pay us | Nothing. Sending an enquiry is free and you agree prices with the firm. |
| Who gets your details | Up to three playground inspection firms, chosen by Worklanded. They contact you directly. |
| You are told | Each firm's name, by email, as your details go to it, with a link that stops any more firms receiving them. |
| What firms pay us | £8 per enquiry in the UK, a fixed price published on our lead price index. Never a share of what you pay them. |
| What a firm sees before it pays | The job and the area, without your name or contact details. |
| Where it is offered | the UK |

Source: [RoSPA Play Safety, Annual Playground Inspections](https://www.rospaplaysafety.co.uk/playground-inspections/annual-playground-inspections/), read November 2026.

## What a firm will ask you

- When do you need this? (As soon as possible / Within a month / In 1 to 3 months / Later than 3 months / Just getting prices for now)

## What happens after you send it

1. Your enquiry is checked for spam and its contact details are checked so a firm can reach you.
2. Worklanded chooses up to three playground inspection firms that cover the area. A firm sees the job and the area before it decides to take it.
3. As your details go to each firm, we email you its name, with a link that stops any more firms receiving them.
4. The firms contact you directly. You agree the price and the work with them; Worklanded takes no part of that.

Send an enquiry: https://worklanded.com/find/playground-inspections#get-quotes (free). An AI agent can send one with the submit_enquiry tool at https://worklanded.com/mcp; the person confirms it by email before it goes anywhere.