We help clients who own rural and farm property to diversify and deliver new facilities and services in the countryside.
Our services including preparing feasibility studies for a range of rural sites. This could include anything from a barn conversion, a development of new homes, farm shops, leisure activities, or visitor attractions. Today’s rural economy might even include holiday lets, glamping sites, or wedding venues
There are a variety of diversification options and increasingly farm businesses have a number of “strings to their bow”, providing a variety of income streams. Together with other teams in Carter Jonas, we help clients release the full potential of under-used assets.
Undertaking context studies to assess site locations, including baseline mapping studies – typically flood risk, heritage, planning and landscape designations
Reviewing technical reports and other site data in order to determine opportunities and constraints, and records of risks and assumptions
Producing combined opportunities and constraints plans, together with supporting tables of constraints
Working closely with our rural division and development consultancy teams to ensure rural development proposals are commercially viable and deliverable in a given location
Producing masterplan strategies in diagrammatic and illustrative formats - demonstrating land use and site, followed by more detailed services including:
Site Visions
Engagement and Consultation with LPA’s and Stakeholder Groups
Masterplan and Area Frameworks
Development Prospectuses
Town Centre Regeneration Plans
3D Massing Models
Illustrations and Visualisations
Outline Applications
Supplementary Planning Documents
Design Codes or Development Briefs
