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...
Heritage consultancy projects
Urquhart Castle – Monument and Community Support Strategy
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
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 plan
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
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
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...
Heritage visitor attraction café feasibility study
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...
A Tourism and Commercial Masterplan for Caerphilly Castle
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...
Preparing the ground – Rebuilding Hastings Castle into a ‘must-see’ attraction
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Heritage visitor centre business plan, Bennerley Viaduct
Heritage visitor centre business plan Client: Friends of Bennerley Viaduct Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned to co-produce a business plan for Bennerley Viaduct, which is the longest of only two surviving...
Rhondda Tunnel Visitor Attraction Business Plan and Penetration Rate Analysis
Rhondda Tunnel Visitor Attraction Business Plan and Penetration Rate Analysis Client: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned to work closely with the Council to prepare a business case to assess the viability of...
Funicular railway consultancy: Saltburn Cliff Tramway
Funicular railway consultancy: Saltburn Cliff Tramway Client: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council The Saltburn Cliff Tramway is a historic funicular railway located in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire. The award-winning visitor attraction opened in 1884 and...
George Eliot Visitor Centre Business Plan
George Eliot Visitor Centre Business Plan Client: Warwickshire County Council We were commissioned by Warwickshire County Council to work with Council Officers, volunteers from the George Eliot Fellowship and Griff House Preservation Trust to carry out a feasibility...