Farm Planning Consultants in Cornwall
Your Cornish farm deserves room to grow
You farm in one of the most beautiful and most demanding counties in England. Maybe you need a modern livestock shed above the wind line, a new home for the next generation or a fresh use for a granite barn that has sat empty for years. A farm planning consultant in Cornwall should help you get there, not slow you down.
Why Cornish applications stall
Much of Cornwall sits inside the Cornwall National Landscape, with Bodmin Moor, the Tamar Valley and the Mining Landscape World Heritage Site adding further layers of protection. Every application goes to one very large unitary council, and coastal views, heritage and second home pressure all shape the way officers think. The result for farmers is long waits, piles of extra reports and refusals that miss how a working Cornish farm actually runs. That is not fair on families who have kept this land in good heart for generations.
Specialists who understand the far south west
We know how draining it is to wait months for a decision on a building you needed last winter. Foxes Rural works only on rural and farm planning. We use Part 6 agricultural permitted development, Class Q, Class R and full planning to secure consents, and we know how to make a farming case in protected Cornish landscapes. 95% of our applications are approved.
3 steps to a decision
- Ring 01206 481981. Talk us through your farm and what you want to achieve.
- Receive a clear route. We test your idea against the landscape, heritage and Local Plan rules and recommend the strongest application.
- Leave the council to us. We prepare the submission, answer every officer query and drive it to a decision.
Covering the whole of Cornwall
- Cornwall Council area, east to west
- Bodmin Moor
- The Cornwall National Landscape and its coastal sections
- The Tamar Valley National Landscape
- The Camel, Fowey and Fal valleys
- The Roseland and the Lizard
- West Penwith
- North Cornwall around Bude
We work with farmers and landowners near Truro, Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard, Wadebridge, Callington, Lostwithiel, St Austell, Helston, Redruth, Camborne, Penzance, Bude and Newquay, and we know the farming families who gather each June at the Royal Cornwall Show.
Proud Cornish farming names
Cornwall has shown the country what its farms can produce. Rodda's clotted cream from Redruth and Trewithen Dairy near Lostwithiel took Cornish milk to shelves nationwide, Camel Valley near Bodmin helped put English sparkling wine on the map and the Tregothnan estate grows tea on the banks of the Fal. Each of those stories depended on buildings and permissions. Yours can too.
Specialist planning, not property sales
Cornish landowners often turn to firms such as Stags, Lodge & Thomas, Kivells, Savills and Strutt & Parker. Foxes Rural takes a narrower path: we only handle farm planning, so a Cornish application gets specialist attention from the first call.
What waiting costs
A poorly argued application in Cornwall can mean a refusal on landscape grounds that is hard to overturn, or an enforcement notice on a building put up without the right consent. Each season lost is income lost.
Where this leads
Imagine a farm with the sheds it needs, a converted barn bringing in rent or holiday income and a home that keeps the family on the land. Call Foxes Rural on 01206 481981 and take the first step.
Cornish Farms, From Bodmin Moor to the Coast
From the open moor to the cliff top fields, we help Cornish farmers turn plans into planning permission. Call Foxes Rural on 01206 481981 and let us carry your case to the council.
