- Location
- roe valley
Not getting engaged phew!! I have been asked to write a proposal for a 150 acre site by a guy from the environment agency and i am way over my head.
It is a hill site that has been run by the EA for the last 10 years but due to a change in their farming policy it will be going to public tender. I rang about my diversification/tourism idea to see if they would let me put a few glamping pods/yurts/small campsite up there and this is when i found out what they were planning to do regarding the tender. I was put through to a manager who really liked the idea of the pods, eco friendly tourism, conservation stuff like that. He then asked would i write a proposal for the site and that he would pass it further up the line. The problem is i was given no specific outline just what i would i plan to do. So far i have a list of things that would plan to do up there, working with conservation groups, duke of ed, outdoor activity groups, hikers, mountain bikers. I would not plan to lead any of these groups just purely be a facilitator for them.
The site is on an area of outstanding natural beauty, been ear marked for mountain bike development, has been used several times for Game of Thrones filming and has bags of potential. The man i was speaking to really embraced the idea that its too good a site for purely farming and that it has potential for so much more. I would still also plan to farm the ground as well but my dad can help me there as we used to own 400 acres on the other side of the hill so hopefully have a grasp on that end of things
So far the local council have been useless and i am fed up chasing them to find out they have not done anything, likewise so has the the two enterprise centres i have been in contact with.
Any help or advice is most welcome, i am based in the North West of Northern Ireland. Attached a few pictures as well
Dan
It is a hill site that has been run by the EA for the last 10 years but due to a change in their farming policy it will be going to public tender. I rang about my diversification/tourism idea to see if they would let me put a few glamping pods/yurts/small campsite up there and this is when i found out what they were planning to do regarding the tender. I was put through to a manager who really liked the idea of the pods, eco friendly tourism, conservation stuff like that. He then asked would i write a proposal for the site and that he would pass it further up the line. The problem is i was given no specific outline just what i would i plan to do. So far i have a list of things that would plan to do up there, working with conservation groups, duke of ed, outdoor activity groups, hikers, mountain bikers. I would not plan to lead any of these groups just purely be a facilitator for them.
The site is on an area of outstanding natural beauty, been ear marked for mountain bike development, has been used several times for Game of Thrones filming and has bags of potential. The man i was speaking to really embraced the idea that its too good a site for purely farming and that it has potential for so much more. I would still also plan to farm the ground as well but my dad can help me there as we used to own 400 acres on the other side of the hill so hopefully have a grasp on that end of things
So far the local council have been useless and i am fed up chasing them to find out they have not done anything, likewise so has the the two enterprise centres i have been in contact with.
Any help or advice is most welcome, i am based in the North West of Northern Ireland. Attached a few pictures as well
Dan