The Novium – Operational Review Client: Chichester District Council The Novium is museum located in the heart of Chichester and it is an important heritage, community and education resource. The museum is located in close proximity to Chichester Cathedral, Pallant...
Museum cafe feasibility study - Novium Museum Client: Chichester District Council Museum cafe feasibility study - the Novium is an innovative museum located in the heart of Chichester which opened in 2012. Following on from the market and operational review and...
Somerset Military Museum Client: Somerset County Council The Somerset Military Museum focuses on the county’s regiments, which include: West Somerset Yeomanry; Somerset Militia; Somerset Light Infantry; North Somerset Yeomanry and; Somerset and Cornwall Light...
Business appraisal of a heritage farm and living museum We worked with our sister company to appraise and identify future opportunities for this heritage farm and living museum, in effect a business appraisal. Our sister company had been asked by a local authority...
Former Pithead Baths Options Appraisal Client: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council The former Pithead Baths site is a semi-rural site located on the periphery of Llanhilleth in Blaenau Gwent’s lower Ebbw Fach valley. On behalf of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council...
Business Planning Heritage Lottery Fund Advice Client: St Albans Cathedral Heritage Lottery Fund business planning consultants - working with Nick Stead a heritage consultant our work focused on advising the client on the business plan for this Heritage Lottery Fund...
Hylton Castle Business Case Client: Sunderland City Council Working with Sunderland City Council, Castle in the Community and Friends of Hylton Dene we were commissioned to prepare the Hylton Castle business case for future development options. This built upon our...
Museum Income Generation Client: Somerset County Council The Helicopter Museum is home to the world’s largest collections of helicopters (over 100), and has a rich archive of material. The museum runs a number of events during the year, including ‘open cockpit’ days....
Vision and Destination Development, Basingstoke Canal Client: Surrey County Council & Hampshire County Council Constructed between 1788 and 1794, The Basingstoke Canal runs for 32 miles through Hampshire to Surrey where it joins the Wey Navigation and beyond to...
Concept Development Cronton Colliery Client: Hawkins/Brown The Land Trust and RIBA launched an architectural competition to design a pioneering new visitor destination at Cronton Colliery in Knowsley, Merseyside. Hawkins/Brown were named as one of four finalists from...
Robin Hood Experience, Operational Review and Business Planning Client: Planning Solutions Limited Working our sister company we carried out an operational review and prepared a business plan to re-open a Robin Hood experience in Nottingham. Our work included a market...
Heritage business planning consultants - Pleasley Pit Mining Museum, Derbyshire Client: Emda Working as heritage business planning consultants in a multi-disciplinary team, PSCL was originally commissioned to carry out a feasibility study to support the regeneration...
Feasibility Study and Options Review, Sheerness Docks We carried out a feasibility study and review of the tourism and leisure markets to identify the options for tourism development within the working Port of Sheerness. We were part of a multi-disciplinary team...
Museum business planning Working with our sister company we identified an opportunity to re-open the former Bass Museum (Coors Visitor Centre) as an innovative heritage visitor attraction. Our sister company re-opened the former Bass Museum as the National Brewery...
Museum Income Generation Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum Client: Somerset County Council The Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum is home to one of the largest collections of steam engines and pumps, developed by the Westonzoyland Engine Trust. The main pumping...
Heritage Railway Consultancy - Great Central Railway Client: Great Central Railway We were commissioned to work on a heritage railway consultancy project where we carried out a feasibility study to review and make recommendations on the operation of the Great Central...
Heritage destination branding, North Wales Client: Six Local Authorities and the Wales Tourist Board The Wales Tourist Board and six counties in North Wales commissioned Planning Solutions to assess the potential opportunity to introduce a pan North Wales heritage...
Marketing a heritage attraction - the National Brewery Centre Client: National Brewery Centre Marketing a heritage attraction - working with the onsite team we have developed and implemented the initial marketing strategy for the National Brewery Centre in Burton Upon...