Pay barriers and the admissions experience Client: National Trust for Scotland The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has over 300,000 members and generates over 4.5 million visits per annum across its portfolio of over 100 historic properties, gardens and nature...
Feasibility study Marble Arch Client: English Heritage Marble Arch is Grade I listed and is an iconic monument in London. It was originally intended to be a grandiose gateway to Buckingham Palace and a Triumphal Arch celebrating British victories in the Napoleonic...
Golden Grove and Gelli Aur Country Park feasibility study Client: Golden Grove Trust Working in a multi-disciplinary team led by Holland Heritage and including Hiraeth Architecture and McQuitty Landscape Design we were commissioned to carry out a feasibility study to...
Urquhart Castle – Monument and Community Support Strategy Client: Historic Environment ScotlandPlanning Solutions Consulting Limited (PSC) was appointed by Historic Environment Scotland to develop a Monument and Community Support Strategy (MCSS) for Urquhart Castle,...
Blarney Castle & Gardens – visitor experience planning Client: Blarney Castle Estate Blarney Castle and Gardens is a leading visitor attraction located to the north west of Cork in the Republic of Ireland. The site is home to the Blarney Stone, world-famous...
Forty Hall Estate – heritage business development plan Client: Enfield Council Forty Hall Estate consists of a number of key elements: Forty Hall; the grounds including a walled garden and wider parkland; Forty Hall Farm; an organic vineyard; café and banqueting...
Kirkleatham Walled Garden business plan review, governance options appraisal and soft market testing Client: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Kirkleatham Walled Garden is a £9.8m restoration project bringing the Grade II-listed historic Walled Garden back into use...
New National Cultural District in Kuwait Operational Management Considerations Working with HSD PSC were commissioned to advise on operational management considerations for the £1 billion New National Cultural District in Kuwait. The project incorporates the Sheikh...
Geopark Consultants - Feasibility study for the expansion of the Fforest Fawr UNESCO Global Geopark (into Neath Port Talbot County Borough) Client: Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park PSC was commissioned by the National Park Authority (BBNPA) to prepare...
Heritage visitor attraction café feasibility study We were appointed by a local authority to identify and evaluate development options for an existing café at a heritage site managed by the local authority. The work included carrying out a review of the existing...
Gladstone’s Library – business resilience planning Client: Gladstone’s Library Gladstone’s Library is located in Hawarden, Flintshire and is the UK’s only Prime Ministerial library. The library is Grade I listed. Gladstone’s Library is a nationally important...
Tourism, Heritage and Commercial Masterplan for Caerphilly Castle Client: Cadw Working with Arad Research PSC was commissioned by Cadw to prepare a tourism and commercial masterplan and development strategy for Caerphilly Castle, an important historical monument and a...
Rebuilding Hastings Castle into a ‘must-see’ attraction Client: Hastings Borough Council Hastings Borough Council is undertaking a project to transform Hastings Castle into a must-see attraction. This project sits at the heart of the Hastings Town Investment Plan and...
Vale of Neath Strategic Framework: Vale of Neath Heritage Corridor Client: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Planning Solutions Consulting Limited (PSC) was appointed by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to develop a Heritage Destination Development...
Strategic Review of Five Cultural Venues in Torfaen Client: Torfaen County Borough Council In order to determine how best to re-set the operational relationships between Torfaen Council and the cultural venues/organisations in the borough, an independent strategic...
Feasibility Study and Delivery Plan for Haverfordwest Castle Client: Pembrokeshire County Council We were commissioned by Pembrokeshire County Council to carry out a heritage feasibility study and prepare delivery plan (including concept sketches) to transform...
Heritage consultancy project – business planning Client: Southampton City Council PSC worked alongside conservation architects Pritchard Architecture at 22 heritage assets managed by Southampton City Council. The heritage sites ranged from medieval wine vaults...
Heritage Visitor Centre Feasibility Study Client: Kent Thameside Working alongside landscape architects and archaeologists we were commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for a heritage visitor centre based on on the links to the Roman and Anglo Saxon heritage...