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From wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography_and_the_law]:

"In general under the law of the United Kingdom one cannot prevent photography of private property from a public place, and in general the right to take photographs on private land upon which permission has been obtained is similarly unrestricted. However landowners are permitted to impose any conditions they wish upon entry to a property, such as forbidding or restricting photography."

I think the council would argue that they are enforcing the ban of photography to protect the children from people who might want photographs of the children. I know when I used to work with children we had to get written consents from parents before any child could apear in a photo and in some cases we were instructed to make sure some children were never photographed and step in the way if we saw anyone with a camera.

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It's not really to protect the children, it's to protect the Council from being sued by over-protective parents.

That said letting the kids loose with cameras is going to be quite disruptive.