The strategy will push local authorities to oversee a radical expansion of Home Zones - areas where cars are restricted and speed limits are cut to make it safer for children to play outside.
It will also encourage the lowering of speed limits in residential areas to 20mph and revise planning rules to make public spaces more play friendly.
Alan Sutton, policy and development officer at London Play, said the plans would be welcomed by play workers. "We've just finished a three-year project on Home Zones and we would like more of them. Fear of traffic is the single biggest reason why parents don't let children out to play," he said.
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