Farm Planning Consultants in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire farms that want to move forward

From the sandy soils of Sherwood to the heavy land of the Trent valley, Nottinghamshire farmers need modern grain and vegetable stores, livestock housing and new uses for buildings that no longer fit the business. A farm planning consultant in Nottinghamshire can help you get the approvals that keep the farm competitive.

Where the planning system lets farmers down

A large part of the county sits in the Nottingham Derby Green Belt, and much of the Trent valley is floodplain. Councils use both to slow down or refuse sensible farm schemes. Farmers are asked for flood risk assessments, Green Belt justifications and landscape reports, then wait months for a decision. It is a heavy burden for businesses that simply want to farm efficiently.

Specialists who make the case for you

We know how disheartening it is to see a practical scheme tangled in policy. Foxes Rural is a specialist rural planning consultancy working only for farmers and landowners. We use agricultural permitted development, Class Q, Class R and full planning to secure approvals, and we know how to answer Green Belt and flood risk objections with evidence. Our approval rate stands at 95%.

3 simple steps

1. Ring 01206 481981. Tell us about your farm and what you want to achieve.
2. Get a strategy you can trust. We set out the route and an honest view of your prospects.
3. We take care of the council. We manage the application through to a decision.

Nottinghamshire districts we cover

• Newark and Sherwood
• Bassetlaw
• Rushcliffe
• Gedling
• Broxtowe
• Ashfield
• Mansfield
• The Trent valley between Nottingham and Newark
• The Vale of Belvoir on the Leicestershire border
• The Idle valley and the north of the county around Retford

We advise farmers around Nottingham, Newark, Southwell, Retford, Worksop, Mansfield, Ollerton, Tuxford, Bingham, Radcliffe on Trent, Cotgrave, East Leake and Hucknall, and we know the farming community that meets each year at the Nottinghamshire County Show at the Newark Showground.

Farming in the land of the Dukeries

North Nottinghamshire is home to the great estates known as the Dukeries, including the Welbeck Estate and the Thoresby Estate, with Clumber Park and Rufford Abbey on the edge of Sherwood Forest. Around them, arable and livestock families farm some of the most productive land in the Midlands. Your farm deserves the same chance to invest and grow.

Picking the right planning partner

Nottinghamshire farmers can take advice from firms such as Brown & Co, Fisher German, Savills, Acorus and The Rural Planning Co. Foxes Rural is set apart by focus: farm planning is all we do, and every approval we win is for a working farm.

What you lose by waiting

Another season in buildings that do not fit your machinery, lost rent from empty barns and the risk that a poorly prepared application is refused and harder to put right.

A stronger farm ahead

Picture a yard with the right stores in the right place, new income from old buildings and a farm set up for the next generation. Call Foxes Rural on 01206 481981 to start your Nottinghamshire application.