Client: Forest Holidays Forest Holidays currently manages 12 luxury cabin site across in England, Wales and Scotland. A new cabin site in Glentress Forest, Peebles, will open in November 2024, find out more here. Glentress Forest covers approximately 3,800 acres and...
Tourist accommodation
Thanet Accommodation Study
Client: Thanet District Council The investment in the cultural and tourism product, for example, the Turner Contemporary Gallery and Dreamland has transformed the visitor offer in Margate. The investment has helped to attract inward investment, raised the profile of...
Forest Holidays Thorpe Forest Assessment
Forest Holidays Thorpe Forest Assessment Client: Forest Holidays Forest Holidays is the largest operator of luxury forest cabins in the United Kingdom and they have expanded their product by introducing innovative tree-house accommodation units at a number of their...
Visitor and tourist accommodation research
Visitor and tourist accommodation research Client: Bridgend County Borough Council It is recognised that a key attractor for visitors to Bridgend County Borough is the surfing offer linked to Porthcawl and Rest Bay, which has a national reputation for surfing. There...
Tourist Accommodation Feasibility Study Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Tourist Accommodation Feasibility Study Llancaiach Fawr Manor Client: Caerphilly County Borough Council Llancaiach Fawr Manor is an established Grade I listed visitor attraction. The heritage visitor attraction is centred upon a ‘heritage’ experience which includes an...
Forest Lodge Feasibility Study in Dorset
Forest Lodge Feasibility Study in Dorset Client: Rempstone Estate We were commissioned by the Rempstone Estate to assess the potential of developing a self-catering lodge business which would work well alongside an existing campsite business. Working with the...
Ty Rhossili residential activity centre: Feasibility study into how best to create a sustainable service
Residential Activity Centre Feasibility Study Client: City and County of Swansea Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned by the City and County of Swansea on behalf of the Swansea Rural Development Programme (RDP)’s Local Action Group (LAG) – to carry out an...
Tourist accommodation and watersports market demand and options appraisal
Planning Solutions Consulting were appointed by a charity, to carry out an assessment to identify market demand for a proposed tourist accommodation and an associated watersport project for a site located in a rural area. A key part of the work involved identifying...
Caravan Park Marketing Action Plan, South West England
Caravan Park Marketing Action Plan Client: Private landowner Our work focussed on preparing a marketing action plan, with ‘quick win’ opportunities to help promote the unique offer at the caravan park, with indicative costings and timescales. The caravan park...
Area Tourist Accommodation Destination Study – Gwent Levels
Clients: Newport City Council and Monmouthshire County Council The Gwent Levels Accommodation project covered the rural area in Monmouthshire and Newport – from the River Rhymney to the Wye and bounded by the M4 to the north. The Gwent Levels are environmentally,...
Moira Furnace Museum and Country Park Market Assessment and Options Appraisal
Moira Furnace Museum and Country Park Market Assessment and Options Appraisal Client: North West Leicestershire District Council The site incorporates the Moira Furnace Museum, located within a former blast furnace (a Scheduled Monument). It also has associated...
Watersports Centre Feasibility Study with Residential Accommodation, Hartlepool
Watersports Centre Feasibility Study Client: Hartlepool CouncilPlanning Solutions Consulting was commissioned by Hartlepool Borough Council to carry out a feasibility study for a coastal watersports hub. The regeneration of Hartlepool is established as a key strategic...
Sustainable Visitor Accommodation: Business and Destination Development Guidance Notes, Gwent Levels
Client: Newport City Council and Monmouthshire County Council Working for Newport City Council and Monmouthshire County Council we were commissioned to produce guidance notes to help with the development of sustainable visitor accommodation within the Gwent Levels, an...
Gnoll Estate Country Park Visitor Accommodation Feasibility Study
Visitor Accommodation Feasibility Study Client: Neath Port Talbot County Borough CouncilPlanning Solutions Consulting was commissioned to examine the potential for the development of overnight visitor accommodation within the walled kitchen garden at Gnoll Estate...
Glamping Feasibility Study, South East England
Client: Private landowner Working with the landowner, we were commissioned to carry out a feasibility study to assess the opportunity of developing a luxury glamping business in an attractive woodland setting in South East England. Find about other tourist...
Tourist accommodation options appraisal
Tourist accommodation options appraisal Client: Natural Resources Wales Working with Natural Resources Wales, we were commissioned to carry out an initial options appraisal to identify the potential to introduce low impact, sustainable tourist accommodation at a site...
Beach Club Feasibility Study, Ramsgate
Beach Club Feasibility Study Client: Thanet District Council PSC led a study to assess the feasibility of developing a Beach Club providing wet and dry side activities in Ramsgate. The work focused on addressing four interconnecting stages: Defining the concept,...
Sherwood Pines Forest – Site Assessment and Strategic Development Planning
Site Assessment and Strategic Development Planning Client: Forest Holidays Forest Holidays are the largest operator of luxury forest cabins in the United Kingdom, offering high quality breaks in forest locations. PSC has been working with Forest Holidays for over 20...