Padel is the diversification enquiry of the moment. Barely a week passes without a farm or estate asking whether a redundant grain store could become a padel club. The demand is real, the planning routes are better than most landowners expect, and the capital requirement is modest next to almost anything else you could build […]
Evolution of Planning Policy in Rural Areas Why the decision to begin, not the time available to work on it, is what separates the rural businesses that build new income streams from those that don’t.Between May and July this year, we had some great conversations with farmers and landowners.We would sit down with each of […]
Rural wellness & cafe.
Eco-tourism retreat.
State-of-the-art whiskey distillery and visitor centre.
Transforming a redundant livestock building into a high-quality commercial space.
Repurposing under-utilised farmyard assets into commercial developments.
Farmyard Redevelopment.
Written by Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Evolution of Planning Policy in Rural Areas Rural England is evolving. Changes to agriculture, increasing environmental obligations, inheritance tax considerations and the drive towards net zero are all reshaping how landowners think about the future of their assets.At the same time, planning policy is becoming increasingly supportive of […]
Across the farming and estate sector, every change of government creates a wave of questions. Will planning become easier, or will we lose permitted development rights? Will housing targets increase? Will renewable energy projects be encouraged? Should we accelerate their farm diversification strategy plans, or wait for greater policy certainty? The reality is that most planning […]
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