Projects

The best way to understand how we can help to realise the potential of rural land and property is through the projects we have delivered. This is just a small selection of our work. To talk about these projects, our wider portfolio, and your own ambitions, please get in touch.

Aerial photograph of the strawberry farm glass houses. Photo credit: Dyson Farming

A bold and innovative approach to circular farming

Planning achieved for a large-scale strawberry-growing glasshouse complex for Dyson Farming in Lincolnshire

Photo of front facade of grade II listed villa which is a white, Georgian building

Conversion of Grade II listed Georgian villa to apartments

A sensitive conversion of a heritage building in a Conservation Area of Worcestershire

Photo of a swan in a lake at sunset by MichaelConrad34 @ Dreamstime

Sensitively designed estate-led housing

Planning achieved for high-quality village housing in a conservation area for the Belsay Estate.

Prestwick Business Park in the evening with offices lit up

Rural estate business park

A successful and prestigious new business park for the Prestwick Estate with plans for further growth.

A forest with a blanket of wild garlic on the floor

20 year rural estate land management strategy

A strategic transition to whole estate, holistic land-management guided by regenerative agriculture principles.

The Angel Inn at Hetton

Redevelopment of a 15th Century Inn to create a contemporary fine dining destination with original features retained and restored.

drawing of the interior of the Nevil Holt Opera

Nevill Holt Opera

A stunning rural theatre created to house an opera charity dedicated to introducing young people to classical music.

Thwaites new business HQ in rural lancashire

New HQ for Thwaites Brewery

A new headquarters capable of accommodating this growing family business.

Exceptional sunken eco house int he countryside

Discrete eco-house in an AONB

A unique house anchored in nature, featuring a sunken design and natural materials.

The Exterior of Chalk Restaurant @ Wiston Estate, photo by Wiston Estate

Wiston: a precedent for the estate and planning sectors

The Wiston WEP (whole estate plan) was the first estate strategy formally accepted as a material planning consideration.

A new community for Cambridge

Green space design for 2,500 new homes for one of the UK’s largest housing developers.

a street of houses in a rural housing development

Garden village masterplan

Sensitive and careful extension of an estate village resulting in the allocation of new housing into the local plan.

Camping, glamping, lodges and more

Experiential tourist accommodation in fantastic locations from tents and touring to treehouses.

Contemporary country hotels

Country house hotels reimaged and reinvigorated into contemporary retreats.

Housing on the estuary in Wadebridge, Cornwall

Market town extension

245 new homes for a Cornish market town, secured through a planning appeal.

drawing of farm shop for planning application

Farm shop, café & play

Expansion of an established family farm shop and Pick-Your-Own business in the Green Belt.

a unique country home shaped like a Fossil

The Fossil House - a grand design

Partly situated in a nature reserve, the planning application for this unique and distinctive Paragraph 80 house was able to incorporate the protection and enhancement of its surroundings.

Natural capital baselining at Castle Howard

Supporting the transition to a land management approach to protect and regenerate the 9,000 acre site for future generations, with a science-led natural capital baselining exercise.

Drawing of unusual visitor lodge in safari park with curved roof

Watatunga Wildlife Reserve

Regeneration of a redundant quarry to create a unique new conservation facility and visitor attraction, providing habitats for rare species and offering accommodation and guided tours to visitors.

A country lane with hedges at either side and fields to one side

Land management planning – Surrey County Council

Supporting a County Council to establish and adopt a new approach to land management in response to their Greener Futures agenda.

drawing of Paragraph 80 home in the countryside

A dramatic Paragraph 80 family home

A contemporary, net-zero family house integrated with the landscape, built from local natural stone and timbers.

Photograph of a treehouse in the forest at Wyvernwood visitor attraction. Photo credit: www.wyvernwood.co.uk

Family adventure attraction

Transformation of a former horticultural nursery site into a creative and exciting new leisure attraction.

Looking down to Chatsworth House and the countryside behind from a hill above.

Estate scale strategies

Strategies, masterplans and whole estate plans for a range of rural estates

A path in Westonbirt Arboretum with trees on each side

Forestry England - land use strategies

Advice to shape land use strategies across the forest estate for England’s largest land manager.

Your vision realised

Whether your vision is to create an exceptional one-off home, develop high quality rural housing, diversify a land-based enterprise, evolve the way you manage your land and property portfolio or create opportunities for rural communities – we can help you realise all these ambitions and more.