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 centre business plan – 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, 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 visitor market with a poor...
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....
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...