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 the River Thames. It has a continuous tow path and has...
Sustainable destinations and activity tourism
Seafront Destination Development Masterplan, Hayling Island, Havant Borough Council
Hayling Island: Seafront Destination Masterplan Client: Havant Borough Council and Tourism South East Working in a multi-disciplinary team (architects and landscape architects), we produced a destination masterplan for the Hayling Island seafront area to support the...
Coastal Destination and Contingent Valuation, Whitby
Client: Royal Haskoning We worked as part of a team led by Royal Haskoning carrying out a contingent valuation exercise to evaluate the environmental value of the coastline and beaches along a 7 kilometre stretch around Whitby in North Yorkshire. The coastline and...
Tourism Destination Development in Kent
Client: Kent County Council On behalf of Kent County Council we managed a European funded programme to evaluate the potential for new tourism development to support the destination development of Kent and the wider Transmanche Region. A key objective was to encourage...
Tourism Destination Development Strategy, East Kent
Client: Tourism South East We formed part of a team alongside the former South East England Tourist Board and we were commissioned to research and develop a tourism destination strategy for the East Kent region. Our principal involvement related to the identification...
Assessing Destination Development Opportunities, River Waveney and Upper Waveney Valley, Suffolk
Client: Mid-Suffolk District Council We led a multi-disciplinary study team on behalf of Mid-Suffolk District Council to assess the potential to enhance the tourism and recreational facilities along The Waveney Valley and the River Waveney. Opportunities included,...
Shaping Prosperity for Hampshire and its Cities, Hampshire
Client: Hampshire Economic Partnership Working for the Hampshire Economic Partnership we completed a survey relating to the links between planners and tourism officers in the County and initiated work to establish supplementary guidance on tourism policies within the...
Destination Development Adventure Tourism in Cumbria
Client: Cumbria Tourism The outdoor and adventure tourism sector has become an important part of landscape and economy of Cumbria with a strong focus in the Lake District. The Adventure Capital UK (Ad Cap) ‘brand’ has been created to co-ordinate and facilitate...
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 destination brand based upon the Arthurian...
Heritage Tourism Destination Development, Sibiu, Romania
Client: British Council Liaising with the British Council and the Local Government of Sibiu, a county in Romania, we provided strategic development and promotional advice to develop and market Sibiu's unique tourism product to both the domestic and international...
Porthcawl Attractor
Client: Bridgend County Borough Council We worked with Bridgend County Borough Council where we supported the design and development of a major ‘Attractor’ bid for Visit Wales funding. The proposal involves deliverying against three core themes: A bustling waterside...
Destination Darwen – trails usage assessment
Client: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Darwen is a gateway to the West Pennine Moors, heritage features like the Jubilee Tower, alongside the town parks and open spaces within Darwen all of which attract a range of users. The outdoors and recreational tourist...
Vision and Destination Development Action Plan North Wales
Client: Tourism Partnership North Wales The team was commissioned by Tourism Partnership North Wales to prepare a new Vision and Destination Development Action Plan for the outdoor sector in North Wales. North Wales is internationally recognised as providing excellent...
Events and destination development, Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan Council commission Planning Solutions Consulting to carry out a feasibility study into assessing the opportunity to introduce supporting infrastructure to host a number of low-impact events at a specific coastal site on the Glamorgan Heritage...
North Soar destination feasibility study
Client: North Soar Trails Syndicate North Soar is an attractive rural area of approximately 50 square miles located to the south of Nottingham and north of Loughborough. The area has a number of walking, cycling and horse riding trails, a rich heritage including a...
Heritage Tourism Development, Macedonia and Thrace, Northern Greece
Client: British Council Working with the British Council we provided a heritage tourism development for Macedonia and Thrace, a relatively unchartered areas of North Greece. In particular we investigated the potential for sustainable cultural and heritage tourism...
Events Strategy Consultancy – Destination Development
Client: Bridgend County Borough Council Bridgend County has developed a reputation for designing and delivering a programme of innovative and ‘quirky’ events – a key feature of the destination’s brand. It is recognised that the programme of events supports the visitor...
Thanet Destination Events Development
Client: Thanet District Council Destination events planning - The Thanet Coast has a strong heritage and natural coastal environment offer. The Destination Management Plan highlights the importance of local history in place-making and how this ‘shared- story’ can...