Client: Thanet District Council Following on from earlier feasibility work, we are working with the Council to up-date and refresh the original study to define and structure a preferred development for a beach club / watersports hub facility, which has appeal amongst...
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Market assessment and options appraisal Moira Furnace Museum and Country Park, January 2021
Moira Furnace is a 19th Century iron-making blast furnace set within ancient woodland alongside the Ashby Canal and is a Historic England Scheduled Ancient Monument. The blast furnace was built by the Earl of Moira in 1804 and currently houses a museum of industrial...
Destination Management Plan for Redcar & Cleveland, December 2020
Working with Blue Sail, experts in destination development, we have been appointed by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council to prepare a Destination Management Plan. Redcar and Cleveland benefits from an attractive coastline, a range of beautiful landscapes and rich...
National Marine Parks
As the winter nights draw in and I reflect upon the adventures of the past few months, many have been around the coast of our glorious island. From the golden sands of West Wittering beach to puffin watching along the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and up to the rugged...
Southampton City Council: Income generation and heritage assets, October 2020
Planning Solutions Consulting has been appointed as sub-consultants to Pritchard Architecture to work on a heritage project for Southampton City Council. The Council own a number of listed heritage assets including houses, vaults, medieval castle walls and towers and...
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery – Options Appraisal, September 2020
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest independent museum in Wales and Planning Solutions Consulting has been appointed to work with the Trustees and Curator to carry out an Options Appraisal to identify and evaluate options to help create a sustainable future for...
Forest Holidays, September 2020
Forest Holidays has recently announced that their latest forest cabin site at Delamere Forest in Cheshire will be opening in April 2021. Planning Solutions Consulting were commissioned to carry out a site review and market assessment which supported a successful...
Riverside Park Visitor Experience Masterplan, August 2020
Planning Solutions Consulting Limited has been appointed by Huntingdonshire District Council to prepare a visitor experience masterplan for Riverside Park in St Neots. Riverside Park is close to the town centre and combines attractive water features, picnic areas and...
Dalby Forest – Visitor Experience Masterplanning, August 2020
Client: Forestry England Planning Solutions Consulting Limited has been commissioned by Forestry England to work with the Management Team at Dalby Forest, a leading recreation site in the North East of England. Our work is focussed on identifying and evaluating...
Bracklesham and East Wittering Vision, July 2020
The terra firma Consultancy, landscape architects, have been commissioned by Chichester District Council and East Wittering and Bracklesham Parish Council to prepare a vision for the coastal towns of East Wittering and Bracklesham and to develop a suite of projects...
Priory Park Visitor Experience Masterplan, July 2020
Planning Solutions Consulting Limited has been appointed by Huntingdonshire District Council to prepare a visitor experience masterplan for Priory Park in St Neots. The park extends to approximately 80 acres (32 hectares) and is the former grounds of the 18th century...
Fort Road Recreation Ground Masterplan, June 2020
Fort Road Recreation Ground is the largest multi-sport and recreation facility in Newhaven. Recent improvements have seen the creation of a pump track and the complete rebuilding of the skatepark. Funding is also in place to carry out improvements to the basketball...
Pleasley Visitor Hub Destination Feasibility Study, June 2020
Client: Derbyshire County Council The wider tourism destination development programme is based around developing the visitor economy within an area roughly bordered by Chesterfield, Worksop and Mansfield. Our work is focussed on testing the proposition to develop the...
COVID-19 and Country Parks, May 2020
Planning Solutions Consulting is working with Hampshire County Council Countryside Team on carrying out a module of primary research focussed on customer sentiment, attitudes and influences following the arrival of COVID-19, which is being used to help with re-opening...
Country Park Masterplans
Country park masterplans - PSC has worked on a number of exciting and challenging country park masterplanning projects for a range of clients from Hampshire County Council through to Buckinghamshire County Council. Some of the country park masterplanning projects...
What we have been reading: April 2020
We send our regards to those trying to cope in the current Covid-19 crisis. The tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors have been affected globally with the sudden and dramatic disruption caused by the emergence of Covid-19. Many businesses and organisations have...
Gnoll Estate Country Park Masterplan Visitor Accommodation, March 2020
Gnoll Estate Country Park covers approximately 219 acres. As part of a former country estate the landscape is attractive and there are distinct zones of landscape incorporating woodland, an 18th century landscaped parkland and lake areas. Planning Solutions Consulting...
Generating Income at Museums
Generating income at museums - admission sales will always be a key income stream however with less public funding and an increasingly competitive marketplace, museums cannot afford to rely exclusively on admissions income. Revenue streams are becoming more varied and...