Acorus

Acorus Rural Property Services
National Chartered Surveyors and Rural Planning & Design Consultants
Our services also cover Project management & Property sales

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At Acorus, we can provide in-house 3d modeling images, including not just 3D perspectives but walkthroughs, massing and street scenes, so you can truly visualise your project and how it sits within its surroundings.

#architecture #3dmodeling #illustrations #design #renders

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New Opportunities for Farm Diversification

Heated glamping tents, accommodation pods, saunas and cold-water dips could help extend your season and create a more consistent income stream throughout the year for farmers.

#wellness #sauna #pods #farmdiversification

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The Building Safety Levy is a tax on certain types of new residential development in England. It came into operation on 1 October 2026 and is intended to raise funds towards the cost of addressing building safety defects.

#development #buildsafetylevy #regulations #construction

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Call for Sites helps councils understand what land may be available in their area and identify sites that could potentially contribute towards future housing and other development needs.

#CallForSites #Planning #LandDevelopment #PlanningPermission #Landowners

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Approval granted for the opportunity to give an existing horticultural office building a new lease of life under a Class Q application.

“Class Q — buildings on agricultural units and former agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses”

#planningsuccess #office #horticulture #nfu

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We currently predict the energy and carbon use of dwellings using a complex calculation called the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). This will change to an even more complex calculation called the Home Energy Model (HEM) next year.

#netzero #property #change #hem #sap

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If you’ve been considering diversifying the farm with camping, glamping, a farm shop, holiday lets or something completely different, now is the time to start looking into it.
#planning #diversification #glamping #nextseason #nfucompany

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NPPF 2026 – what could it mean for rural planning?

The Government’s reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework could have significant implications for agriculture, rural businesses and countryside development.

#NPPF #Planning #RuralPlanning #AgriculturalPlanning

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We’re delighted to share an exciting next step for one of our clients’ projects. Building on the success of the Class Q consent to convert a glasshouse, we have now progressed to an improved version of the scheme as a fallback proposal.

#fallback #glasshouse #conversion

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Our exterior moodboard explores materials, texture and colour that create timeless, low-maintenance architecture rooted in its surroundings.

#architecture #planning #design #materials #details

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Josh Trump graduated last month with an MArch – Master of Architecture.

Undertaken as a Graduate Apprenticeship, attending the University of the West of England, Bristol one day a week whilst working within our Acorus Design Team for the other 4 days.

#architecture #acorus

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BNG Update from 6 August

New exemption for sites of 0.2 hectares or less (subject to conditions)
Temporary developments restored within 5 years may also be exempt
Greater flexibility for minor developments to use offsite BNG
Removal of the self-build exemption

#BNG #Ecology

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Slurry lagoon approved in the East as part of changes to a large-scale pig farming operation. The site has thousands of pigs each year, houses its pigs on a straw-based system and will now have a dedicated facility for storing the manure produced on site.

#Acorus #pigs #nfu

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From heavier rainfall and flooding to prolonged droughts and unpredictable growing seasons, farmers are facing increasing pressure to adapt.

#PlanningPermission #RuralPlanning #AgriculturalPlanning #PlanningConsultants #acorus

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Acorus will be at the RWAS on Tuesday 21st July at the NFU Cymru Building.

Speak to Hazel about....
Farm buildings
Agricultural dwellings
Removal/variation of planning conditions
Agricultural occupancy ties
Diversification schemes
Barn conversions

#royalwelsh #wales #farming

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Progress images highlight an exciting fallback scheme delivering two bespoke self‑build homes now emerging on site.

In-house renders & progress photographs

#acorus #planning #classq #fallback #construction

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When thinking about an equestrian development, it is important to understand the planning implications at an early stage. Acorus can guide you through this process to give you the best chance of securing your permission.

#acorus #planning #equine #nfucompany #horses

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Hazel is at the Three Counties Show in Malvern today, Friday 12 June, on the NFU stand 422, Avenue G. She will be available to discuss rural planning matters, including diversification opportunities, housing projects, and wider land use development ideas.

#acorus #planning #nfu

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We’ll be at the Royal Cornwall Show on the morning of Friday 5 June 2026, this week, where Megan will be on the NFU stand and happy to chat about any planning, diversification, and development queries.

#acorus #planning #nfu #nfucompany #royalcornwallshowground

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Planning approval has been secured for a barn conversion near Bury St Edmunds.

A former brick and concrete stanchion grain store will be converted into two new dwellings under the current permitted development rights.

#planning #classq #barnconversion #changeofuse