Many of our clients know Rural Solutions primarily as a regeneration consultancy, majoring in the conceptualisation of new end uses for redundant land and buildings. You may already be familiar with the business planning, the design and planning, or the construction services that we offer; we have now been involved in an advisory or outright delivery role in over 300 rural initiatives.
However, the Rural Solutions' service is so much more than that today. Our services include post-development work in marketing, lettings and strategic advice. Projects ranging from education to heritage and environment, from residential to assistive living, and from retail to ICT are becoming integral to our work within the rural scene. And, these are all areas we are developing further.
Today, our services include:
Redundant land and buildings
- Site assessment and client briefing
- Market research
- Business planning
- End use options
- Grants / funding
- Feasibility analysis
- History and archival research
- Schematics
Planning and design
- Full planning and design service
- Needs assessment
- Master plans
- Architecture
- Outline, full and listed building applications
- Local development framework monitoring
- Advice and representations
Construction and project management
- Building and structural surveys
- Pricing and tenders
- Contracting
- Heritage and restoration advice
- Repair and maintenance
- Project and site management
Marketing and lettings
- Market assessment
- Recruitment
- Training
- PR, media, literature
- Residential audits
Development and acquisition advice
- Development opportunities
- Acquisition/joint venture
- Housing
- Estate reviews
- Corporate strategy
Special commissions - Montgomery Canal, Wales
A diverse range of commissioned projects - covering economic feasibility to architectural consultancy - are a regular part of Rural Solution’s total consultancy research and management work. A recent example, commissioned by British Waterways, involved assessing and advising on the economic opportunities along 52km of the Montgomery Canal, straddling Oswestry and Welshpool.
