Farm Planning Consultants in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire farmland, your future

Buckinghamshire stretches from the chalk hills and beech woods of the Chilterns to the open clay vale around Aylesbury and Buckingham. Arable farming dominates, with sheep and some beef on the grassland and pasture along the wetter river corridors. You might need a new agricultural building, a home for the family, or a fresh role for a brick and flint barn. Bring in a farm planning consultant in Buckinghamshire and you can win that consent without losing a season.

Why Buckinghamshire is tough for farm planning

Almost a third of the Buckinghamshire Council area is Metropolitan Green Belt, and over a quarter lies in the Chilterns National Landscape. HS2 has cut through the county, the Burnham Beeches Special Area of Conservation brings a 5.6 kilometre zone of influence, and the Great Ouse, Thame and Thames all carry flood risk. A new county wide local plan is also heading for examination.

For you, that means lengthy validation, surprise requests for reports and refusals that ignore how a farm runs. It is draining, and farmers should not have to battle to keep their land working.

Specialist help on your side

It is stressful when your farm's next step rests with a planning officer. Specialising in rural planning, we represent farmers and landowners and no one else. We prepare agricultural permitted development, Class Q, Class R and full planning applications, and we know how Green Belt, Chilterns and habitat policy apply in Buckinghamshire. Our success rate sits at 95%.

3 steps to a decision

1. Give us a call on 01206 481981. Tell us about your land and your goals.
2. We design the strategy. We plan around Green Belt, landscape, flood and habitat issues from day 1.
3. We take the application to the council. Preparation, submission and every negotiation are handled by us until the decision is issued.

Buckinghamshire coverage

• Buckinghamshire Council
• Milton Keynes City Council
• Chilterns National Landscape
• Metropolitan Green Belt
• Aylesbury Vale
• The Thame and Great Ouse valleys

We work with farms near Aylesbury, Buckingham, Winslow, Wendover, Princes Risborough, Haddenham, Great Missenden, Amersham, Chesham and Marlow. The Bucks County Show at Weedon Park, held on the last Thursday in August, is the highlight of the county's farming year. For counties nearby, see Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire, or our page covering farm planning across the South.

Buckinghamshire estates leading the way

Buckinghamshire land supports some outstanding rural businesses. The Waddesdon Estate near Aylesbury covers about 9,000 acres of parkland and farmland. The Claydon Estate at Middle Claydon pairs its parkland with a restaurant, shops, a spa and camping. At Great Missenden, Peterley Manor Farm runs pick your own, a farm shop and a café on 40 acres. Land in your hands holds that same promise.

A single discipline, done properly

Buckinghamshire landowners often use agents such as Robinson & Hall, Brown & Merry and Savills, with offices in Buckingham, Wendover and Amersham. Farm planning is the whole of Foxes Rural's work, so your application is never pushed to one side.

If you get it wrong

Fail to make the Green Belt case and a refusal follows, sitting on the site's history for any future attempt. Build first and you risk enforcement and the cost of putting it right. Leave it too long and buildings decay, costs climb and the chance passes.

Where approval takes you

Picture the new building working hard, the traditional barn restored and paying its way, and your children able to make their lives on this land. The business has a future you control. Call Foxes Rural on 01206 481981 and start today.