Farm Planning Consultants in Northumberland

Big farms, big landscapes

Northumberland is England's most sparsely populated county and one of its great farming landscapes, from hill sheep and suckler cows to large arable farms on the coastal plain. You may want a new livestock building, a grain store, holiday lets or a home for the next generation. A farm planning consultant in Northumberland helps you make that happen.

Protection everywhere you look

Northumberland National Park, the Northumberland Coast and North Pennines National Landscapes, Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site and Green Belt around Tyneside all limit what farmers can build. One large unitary council handles everything outside the National Park, and dark skies, heritage and coastal wildlife bring further tests. Farmers often wait months for decisions on buildings their business needs now.

The guide you need in the north

We know how frustrating it is to be held back by rules written for landscapes, not livelihoods. Foxes Rural acts only for people who farm and own rural land. Agricultural prior approvals, Class Q and Class R and full applications are our core work, and we know how to put a farming case to a National Park authority and to a county council protecting dark skies and heritage. Our approval rate is 95%.

Getting to yes in 3 steps

1. Call us on 01206 481981. Share your plans for the farm or estate.
2. We shape the strategy. We weigh landscape, heritage and Green Belt issues and pick the best route.
3. We manage the process. We prepare, submit and negotiate through to a decision.

Northumberland coverage

• Northumberland County Council area
• Northumberland National Park
• The Northumberland Coast National Landscape
• The North Pennines National Landscape
• The Hadrian's Wall corridor
• The Tyne valley
• Glendale and the Till valley
• Coquetdale and Redesdale

We help farms near Hexham, Alnwick, Morpeth, Berwick upon Tweed, Rothbury, Wooler, Bellingham, Haltwhistle, Corbridge, Belford, Allendale and Ponteland, and we know the farming families who gather at the Northumberland County Show and the Glendale Show.

Estates and producers with real pedigree

Northumberland is home to some of England's largest landholdings, including Northumberland Estates around Alnwick and the Ford and Etal Estates near the Scottish border. Doddington Dairy near Wooler built a successful cheese and ice cream business on its own milk. Each of them needed planning consent to grow. Your farm deserves the same opportunity.

Specialist planning support

Northumberland landowners often use firms such as George F White, Youngs RPS, Strutt & Parker, Savills and H&H Land and Property. Foxes Rural does planning for farms and nothing else, so your case gets focused, specialist attention.

What delay costs you

A refusal in the National Park or on the coast can be hard to reverse, and building without consent risks enforcement. Every lost season holds the farm back.

The future you are working towards

Picture new sheds sheltering stock, a converted steading bringing in holiday income and a farm secure for the next generation. Call Foxes Rural on 01206 481981 to begin.