Leisure Consultants – Feasibility Studies, Market Testing and Business Planning
As specialist leisure consultants, Planning Solutions Consulting Ltd has delivered feasibility studies, market assessments, and business plans for local authorities, trusts, and others across the UK. Whether you’re exploring a new water sports offering, testing the market for a cinema development, or assessing the viability of a catering outlet, our team combines rigorous market analysis with operational experience to help you make evidenced-based and well-informed decisions.
Our leisure consultancy services
As a leisure consultancy, Planning Solutions Consulting has delivered a range of projects across the UK. Our leisure consultancy services focuses on:
- Carrying out market and drive-time catchment assessments – helping you to understand market demand and the competitive landscape for a proposed leisure use
- Identifying future development scenarios by carrying out option appraisals to identify and evaluate lead leisure development options
- Soft market testing – working with operators to identify potential market interest in the opportunity
- Preparing business plans to test the financial viability of projects to support development funding
Leisure consultancy projects
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Soft market testing exercise for the Regent Cinema, a leading seafront leisure site on Redcar Seafront
- Forestry England: Prepared the feasibility study for Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest
- Blackpool Council: Working for the Council, we carried out a feasibility study to identify and assess future options for watersports uses in Stanley Park
- Trust: Carried out an options appraisal and market assessment for a new watersports offer in the Midlands
- Private Client: Assessment of the opportunity to introduce a new catering outlet within a marina development
- Horizon Leisure: Carried out an options review of two cafes managed by the Trust in the Havant and Waterlooville Leisure Centres to identify and evaluate opportunities to enhance the customer experience and generate additional revenue
- Hartlepool Borough Council: Feasibility study to develop a water sports offer with linked accommodation
Why choose PSC as your leisure consultant
Unlike many consultancies, we have hands-on experience of investing in, developing and managing leisure businesses through our sister company, Planning Solutions Limited. These include:
- Cotswold Country Park and Beach
- CONKERS, a 120 discovery centre park
- Heritage Brewing Company / Burton Bridge Brewery
- Royal Esplanade Hotel, Isle of Wight
- Burton Bridge Brewery and Burton Bridge Inn
This ‘hands-on’ operational experience helps ensure our work is commercially focused and is based on real-world experience.
Client testimonial
We commissioned PSC to undertake a soft market testing exercise for the Council’s redevelopment of the Regent Cinema in Redcar. PSC were very proactive throughout the process and kept us regularly informed on progress and market responses received. The prospectus and questionnaire sent out was clear and concise and we believe as a result of this and their work PSC were able to secure a large return from the market. This in turn enabled us to target our further enquiries as well as informing the emerging designs. We believe PSC went the extra mile to provide good advice, we wouldn’t hesitate to use again in future projects.” Mark Hopgood, Senior Place Development and Investment Project Lead, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Leisure consultants – how can we help you?
If you are considering a new leisure development or need to test the viability of an existing leisure business, please call or email Richard Linington on 07866 742628 or richard@pslplan.co.uk to discuss your leisure consultancy project