Hinchingbrooke Country Park Feasibility Study Client: Huntingdonshire District Council Planning Solutions Consulting Limited was commissioned by Huntingdonshire Council to carry out an Options Appraisal and Feasibility Study for enhancing the visitor experience at...
Parks and country parks
Business planning and a country park masterplan – Dinton Pastures Country Park
Business planning and a country park masterplan Client: Wokingham Borough Council We prepared a business plan and master plan to help secure the long-term future of Dinton Pastures Country Park. A key element of the work was to consider alternative uses for the former...
Feasibility study for a cafe at Rushcliffe Country Park
Cafe feasibility study Client: Rushcliffe Borough Council Rushcliffe Country Park is a popular and established country park to the south of Nottingham. Our work focussed on carrying out a feasibility study to assess the opportunity to extend the existing visitor...
Kingsbury Water Park commercial review
Kingsbury Water Park, Commercial review consultancy project Client: Warwickshire County Council For this project, PSC supported the strategic development plans of the in-house team providing support at the flagship recreation site at Kingsbury Water Park. PSC carried...
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...
Visitor experience masterplan Black Park
Visitor experience masterplan Black Park Client: Buckinghamshire County Council The visitor experience at Black Park incorporates a number of elements including Go Ape, a cafe, different play areas, bike hire, Segways and a network of trails. Some 38 acres within the...
New Country Park Masterplanning Feasibility Study
New Country Park Masterplanning Feasibility Study Clients: Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council PSC worked within a multi-disciplinary project team commissioned by Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to...
Reservoir visitor experience masterplan
Reservoir visitor experience masterplan Client: Severn Trent Severn Trent manages a number of attractive reservoir sites across England, which have developed recreational offers including high quality catering thorough to sailing activities, fisheries, cycling and...
Visitor management plan Ruislip Lido
Visitor management plan Ruislip Lido Client: Hillingdon Council Ruislip Lido is a well-established leisure facility In Hillingdon which has a long history of providing an attractive lake, woodland and ‘park’ areas with the wider site extending to more than 700 acres...
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...
Farley Mount Country Park Feasibility Study
Farley Mount Country Park Feasibility Study Client: Hampshire County CouncilFarley Mount Country Park is located to the West of Winchester and incorporates a Local Nature, a SSSI, SINC and Farley Mount Monument. Recreational usage is increasing from mountain biking...
Country park tearoom feasibility study
Country park tearoom feasibility study Client: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Gnoll Estate Country Park is a leading destination country park managed by Neath Port Talbot Country Park. The country park covers approximately 219 acres. As part of a former...
Visitor Management Plan, Caldicot Castle and Country Park
Visitor Management Plan, Caldicot Castle and Country Park Client: Monmouthshire County Council PSC was commissioned to produce a visitor management plan for Caldicot Castle and Country Park, important heritage and recreation site. Built between the 12th and 14th...
Operational Review Pooley Country Park and Heritage Centre, Warwickshire
Operational Review Pooley Country Park and Heritage Centre Client: Homes and Communities Agency PSCL carried out an operational options review to identify new products and activities to increase visitor numbers and to build awareness of Pooley Country Park and...
Itchen Valley Country Park: Review of visitor facilities and commercial opportunities – visitor experience masterplan
Review of visitor facilities and commercial opportunities - visitor experience masterplan Client: Eastleigh Borough Council As part of its wider efficiencies programme, Eastleigh Borough Council wanted to identify approaches to increase visitor numbers, improve the...
Park in the Past Lake Feasibility Study
Park in the Past Lake Feasibility Study Clients: Cadwyn Clwyd and Park in the Past Community Interest Company Park in the Park is a developing country park located in the Alyn Valley midway between Wrexham, Mold and Chester and near the villages of Hope, Caergwrle and...
New country park business planning and country park masterplan
New country park business planning and country park masterplan Client: Homes and Communities Agency Working in a multi-disciplinary team we carried out a feasibility study to regenerate a former 190 hectare coalfield located on a Green Belt site in Wigan into a...
Country Park Visitor Research
Country Park Visitor Research Client: Buckinghamshire Council PSC were commissioned by Buckinghamshire Council to advise on developing a programme of face-to-face visitor research across three of their parks – Black Park, Langley Park and Denham Country Park. Our...