Frequently Asked Questions

As leading farm diversification consultants, our team integrates rural project consultancy, funding & finance, and construction project management into a single rural development consultancy service, delivering diversification projects from concept to completion.

Our team works exclusively with farms, rural estates, landowners and rural professionals across the UK, providing farm diversification support that helps unlock landowner opportunities, income and the full potential of their assets through carefully planned projects and diversification.

Our team provides bespoke estate master plans which gives you a clear strategic estate planning framework and long-term estate development strategy, identifying phases, priorities, and potential opportunities so your land or estate has a defined long-term vision to work towards.

Our team undertakes detailed development feasibility studies and farm diversification feasibility assessments of individual buildings, sites or plots, carrying out project viability assessments that weigh up opportunities and constraints, so landowners can move forward with confidence and unnecessary costs.

Our in-house planning service leads planning appraisals, full applications, from Class Q and Class R conversions, feasibility studies across our farm diversification and estate masterplanning work. Where a scheme needs specialist input, we have a preferred panel of planning advisors to advise and support on complex or geographically sensitive projects. We appoint and manage the right external consultant for your project as part of our rural project consultancy.”

Using our network of private lenders we are able to access funding for an array of projects. Our team ensures projects are underpinned by comprehensive farm diversification business planning, budgeting, and forecasting, vital for securing finance and grant applications.

Using our private network, our team can source joint ventures, operator/leasehold arrangements to balance risk and reward, engaging experienced operators and leaseholders to provide long-term rural investment income and enhance project value.

Our rural construction project management service acts as your representative from concept to completion. Using the RIBA Plan of Work and rigorous construction cost planning to manage design, planning, construction and completion, ensuring time, cost and quality targets are met.

A 30-year habitat bank commitment affects succession and relief positions, so it belongs within strategic estate planning and the estate masterplanning . Our natural capital consultancy provides BNG landowner advice and project feasibility assessment.

Rural tourism development is one of the strongest farm diversification opportunities, from glamping to holiday accommodation on farmland. Viability rests on location, planning and honest business planning. As farm diversification consultants we deliver rural tourism feasibility studies and manage rural projects through to completion.

Grid capacity for landowners is a strategic asset, and proximity to a substation often determines whether solar, battery storage or private wire opportunities stack up. Long leases carry planning and inheritance tax implications, so they belong within your wider land use strategy. We provide solar farm feasibility assessments and independent landowner renewable energy advice.