Client: Historic Environment Scotland Caerlaverock Castle lies 11km south of Dumfries and is located where the estuary of the River Nith enters the Solway Firth. The New Castle and Old Castle site are Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Properties in Care and the castle is a...
Watersports Centre Options Appraisal and Market Assessment
Working for a Trust, we were commissioned to carry out a watersports centre options appraisal for a quarry site to assess the opportunity of introducing a watersports centre and associated water sports uses. Our work included: Carrying out a site assessment and review...
Canal boat passenger feasibility study
Client: Blaby District Council Planning Solutions Consulting were commissioned to explore the potential to introduce a canal boat passenger or water taxi service on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) to add to the critical mass of tourism facilities and to provide...
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...
Forty Hall Estate – business development consultancy
Client: Enfield Council Forty Hall Estate consists of a number of key elements: Forty Hall; the grounds including a walled garden and wider parkland; Forty Hall Farm; an organic vineyard; café and banqueting suite. Forty Hall Estate is a key heritage and cultural...
Kirkleatham Walled Garden business plan review, governance options appraisal and soft market testing
Client: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Kirkleatham Walled Garden is a £9.8m restoration project bringing the Grade II-listed historic Walled Garden back into use after 30 years. The restoration of Kirkleatham Walled Garden complements the wider Kirkleatham...
Visitor attraction business planning consultant – cycling based visitor attraction
Clients: Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council Working as a visitor attraction business planning consultant within a multi-disciplinary team we assessed the potential of introducing a visitor attraction of national appeal on to a brownfield site in Derby....