Client: Eden Project International Building on the success of the Eden Project in Cornwall, Eden Project International is developing a new transformational visitor attraction in Morecambe along with partners Lancaster University, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire...
Visitor attractions and visitor centres
Visitor, education and boating centre feasibility study
Client: Broads Authority The Broads Authority commissioned an architectural competition to design a landmark visitor, education and boating centre on a site adjacent on the River Bure at Acle Bridge, Norfolk. The competition generated a significant number of responses...
Visitor centre business plan – the Attenborough Nature Centre
Client: Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust We prepared the business plan to develop a visitor centre, the Attenborough Nature Centre, at a nature reserve in Nottingham for the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. The reserve has been developed on a former gravel extraction...
Visitor Centre and Forest Feasibility Study, Bedgebury National Pinetum, Kent
Client: Forestry Commission Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest is located in Kent covers over 800 hectares. Prior to the introduction of new visitor facilities the Pinetum was known as a specialist arboretum which had limited appeal amongst the general visitor...
Visitor attraction business planning consultant – cycling based visitor attraction
Clients: Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council Working within a multi-disciplinary team we assessed the potential of developing a visitor attraction of national appeal on to a brownfield site in Derby. The attraction would be themed around ‘cycling’. Our...
Oriel y Parc Visitor Centre Business Plan, St Davids
Client: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned to prepare a business plan for Oriel y Parc Visitor Centre and Gallery, which is located in St Davids and incorporates a semi-subterranean gallery, education rooms,...
Nature reserve business plan, Brockholes – a floating visitor centre
Client: Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside Working as visitor attraction business planinng consultants we worked with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust's project team to prepare a business plan, which was used to successfully gain £8 million in...
Cambridge Science Centre – looking to the future
Client: Cambridge Science Centre The Cambridge Science Centre (CSC) aims to inspire broader public participation in all STEM topics and to improve public accessibility to current research. The CSC achieves this through hands-on workshops, school visits, pop-up science...
National Lottery Heritage Fund Business Plan, Rye Harbour Discovery Centre
Client: Sussex Wildlife Trust Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is a coastal landscape of outstanding geological, biological, cultural and heritage value on the boundary of East Sussex and Kent. The reserve is home to over 4,000 species of plants and animals, including more...
Strategic Commercial Review Peak District National Park
The Peak District National Park covers approximately 550 square miles, it is the oldest National Park in the UK and tourism is one of the largest employers in the National Park. Working with DTZ and Smiths Gore on behalf of the Peak District National Park Authority...
STEM visitor centre business planning, Seaton Carew
Client: Hartlepool Borough Council Working alongside Rubicon Regeneration we provided specialist input to assess the feasibility of developing a STEM focused visitor centre. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects play a very important role in the...
Audience Development Heritage Lottery Fund, RSPB Rainham Marshes Visitor Centre
Client: RSPB We carried out visitor and community research to produce an Audience Development Plan for Rainham, Wellington and Aveley Marshes RSPB Nature Reserve for a Heritage Lottery Grant Application. This represented one the RSPB’s first urban nature reserves. The...
Sustainability Centre Feasibility Study Scottish Borders
Client: 3 to 1 Community Interest Company and Scottish Borders Council Working with Duncan Bryden Associates we carried out a feasibility studyon behalf of the 3-to-1 Project CIC in the Scottish Borders which was initially focussed on assessing the opportunity to...
Earth Project – market analysis and visitor modelling
Client: International Earth Resources Centre Working with the project team, Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned to carry out a market analysis and forecast future visitor levels which could be attracted to the proposed Earth Project in Snowdonia, North...
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 Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre and the Al Salam Palace. The Cultural District...
Quarry Site Visitor Attraction Consultancy Feasibility Study
Planning Solutions Consulting were commissioned to work with a landowner to carry out a feasibility study to assess potential end uses for a working quarry after it was reinstated. Our work focussed on assessing the feasibility of introducing a family based visitor...
A Tourism and Commercial Masterplan for Caerphilly Castle
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 Grade I Listed building. Our work focussed on identifying the tourism and...
Preparing the ground – 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 aims to bolster the borough’s visitor economy offer....