Farm Planning Consultants in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Wolds, Holderness and the Humber

The East Riding is some of England's finest arable country. Chalk Wolds roll down to the flat, fertile plain of Holderness and the Humber shore, growing wheat, barley, oilseed rape and vegetables, with pigs and poultry an important part of the mix. A farm planning consultant in the East Riding of Yorkshire can show you the way to approval, whether you need a grain store, a pig unit, a farmhouse for the family or another life for a redundant brick barn.

Why East Riding schemes stall

The Yorkshire Wolds are on course to become a National Landscape, with Natural England consulting on a draft designation order in 2026, so landscape impact is under the spotlight. Much of Holderness and the Humber edge sits in flood zones, the Holderness coast is eroding, and conservation areas and listed farmhouses are common in the villages.

So a straightforward farm building can become a long and costly process. The requests keep coming, the season slips past and you begin to doubt the plan. Farmers who feed the country should not have to struggle for permission to keep doing it.

A guide who knows arable country

Harvest and contracts will not wait for a planning decision, and we know how frustrating that is. Our consultancy exists to serve farmers and landowners with rural planning. We deal with agricultural permitted development, Class Q, Class R and full planning every day, and we know how to handle flood risk and landscape questions for a farm building. Our track record: 95% approved.

3 steps to East Riding approval

1. Call 01206 481981. Tell us what you grow or rear and what needs building or changing.
2. We build the strategy. Flood, landscape, coastal and heritage risks are weighed before we choose a route.
3. We manage the council. We draft and lodge the application, then negotiate with the officer until there is a decision.

Councils and landscapes we cover

• East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• Hull City Council
• The Yorkshire Wolds
• Holderness
• The Humber estuary and its floodplain
• The Vale of York edge around Howden and Pocklington

We help farms around Beverley, Driffield, Pocklington, Market Weighton, Howden, Hornsea, Withernsea, Hedon, Sledmere and Bridlington. The Driffield Show each July is among the largest single day agricultural shows in the country. Land across the boundary? Read about North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

East Riding farmers who built something big

In 1972, 23 East Riding farmers came together to make pig feed at Cranswick Mill. That business became Cranswick plc, now among the country's major food producers with its headquarters in Hull. It started with farmers backing their own ideas, and yours deserve the same backing.

Specialists, not general agents

East Riding landowners often use Dee Atkinson & Harrison in Driffield or Cundalls in Malton for sales, lettings and valuations. We do farm planning and nothing else, so your plans have our complete attention.

The cost of getting it wrong

A refusal on flood or landscape grounds is hard to overcome and shapes every later attempt. Unauthorised building can lead to enforcement, and removal is never cheap. And with the Wolds designation coming, the rules may only get tighter.

Your East Riding farm, approved

Imagine grain piled high in the new store, the old brick barn back in use and the next generation housed on the farm. Call Foxes Rural on 01206 481981 and let's get going.