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Brought to you by KOR Communications, Estate Matters is all about discussing the challenges faced by estates, land owners and rural businesses, and how effective communications can help.
KOR works with clients across the UK to carefully manage their reputation by raising awareness and nurturing support and advocacy for their work inline with their businesses objectives.
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Ben Bolgar is the Executive Director for Projects at The King’s Foundation. He first discussed architecture with the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, at Kensington Palace in 1988 and there was a meeting of minds that has underpinned Ben’s work during his nearly 25 years at the Foundation. In that time Ben has led over 50 collaborative planning and design frameworks all over the world, championing the Enquiry by Design (EbD) process. Describing architecture as “the mother of the arts”, B...
Turning underutilised land into thriving leisure and hospitality destinations is what entrepreneur Joel Cadbury does best. In the latest episode of Estate Matters, the founder and chief executive of Longshot tells podcast host Anna Byles how he has spent 30 years spotting opportunities where others see challenges. Joel describes how, as chair of The Royal Parks Foundation, he transformed empty buildings into lettable properties generating millions of pounds a year and championed the creation ...
Gavin Lane is President of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). Gavin, who farms 1,200 acres in Norfolk and runs a holiday lettings business with his wife, Jane, explains one of his ambitions during his two-year presidency is to try to present an accurate and positive view of what farmers and landowners provide for their communities and the nation more widely. He tells podcast host Anna Byles that the social value provided by farmers and landowners in many rural communities often ...
Lord Gascoigne is Chair of the House of Lords Built Environment Committee. In this episode, Lord Gascoigne discusses how he got into politics; worked with Boris Johnson on his election campaign for Mayor of London in 2008, through to Johnson later taking office as Prime Minister. He goes on to explain the key findings from the first part of the Committee's enquiry into New Towns, emphasising the importance of meaningful engagement and explaining that change won't happen overnight....
Living life in the glare of publicity, with a hugely popular YouTube channel, would not be for every owner of a historic country Estate. But for James Lowsley-Williams and his wife Emma, documenting the running of the 500-year-old Chavenage Estate in the Cotswolds to thousands of viewers every week has proved to be a major success. In this episode of Estate Matters nothing is off-limits as James, a former professional cyclist, tells podcast host Anna Byles about inheriting the Estate, welcomi...
Rebekah Pierce is a farmer and solar grazier in New York state. In this episode she explains how she got into farming by ‘accident’, but is now paving the way with ‘Agri Energy’ through solar grazing. She candidly explains to podcast host, Anna Byles that energy and food production don’t have to be separate and it is projects like her own solar grazing that are bridging that gap. Listeners will also hear how this is benefiting soil, livestock, local communities and economies, even if th...
Eliza Ecclestone is the owner and Managing Trustee of St Clere Estate in Kent and Executive Chair of Trustees at Chevening Estate - the official country residence of the Foreign Secretary. Eliza talks openly about the challenges she has faced since unexpectedly inheriting the 3,000-acre estate near Sevenoaks in Kent. But those challenges have not stopped Eliza’s YIMBY (yes in my backyard) attitude. She has been working hard and communicating honestly to build trust with her local...
Jake Fiennes is one of Britain’s most high-profile and in-demand conservationists and he sat down with podcast host, Anna Byles, at Holkham Nature Reserve in Norfolk. Jake speaks candidly about the need for a natural capital 'Doomsday Book' to accurately measure the UK's fauna and flora, and what that means - not only for landowners - but a broad spectrum of land and green space custodians. Balancing productive land use with nature enhancement, developing baselining tools, influencing key pol...
Andy Squires is the Lead Security Consultant with County Investigations who work with land-owning clients across the UK to remove trespassers from private land and deter them in the first place. In this episode, Andy shares why landowners are not best placed to deal with trespassers and how the company's approach helps to avoid challenging situations. As a former police officer, Andy says his training from neighbourhood policing is invaluable when dealing with trespassers. https://count...
Kim Wilkie is a strategic and conceptual landscape architect, designing projects all over the world. He is currently working with the Duchy of Cornwall to masterplan a new settlement South of Faversham, Kent. Kim's key principle, and the title of his book is: 'Led by the Land'. He belives it is critical to consider how land, water, communities and people fit together.
Patrick Galbraith is a columnist and author. His recent book: 'Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our relationship with the countryside', explores the debate on access. In this episode of Estate Matters he tells host Anna Byles about the estates he visited and the people he met as part of his research, including landowners and access campaigners. Patrick's conclusion is that there needs to be more education and engagement on land access so people have a better understanding of what...
Joe and Keeley Evans run the Whitbourne Estate in Herefordshire. In this episode of Estate Matters, they discuss the challenges of growing their hospitality business, Crumplebury and what they have planned for the future of the estate. Joe also talks about his Vice Presidency of the CLA and what he hopes to achieve in his time as President. https://whitbourneestate.co.uk/ https://www.crumplebury.co.uk/
Dr Johnny Wake is a Doctor turned Estate Manager. He is the managing partner at his family's 1,700-acre Courteenhall Estate in Northamptonshire, as well as holding several positions with organisations including LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) and the Environmental Farmers Group. In this epiosde of Estate Matters, Johnny talks about a people-focussed approach to both medicine and land management. He discusses the importance of engaging with the local community, and sha...
Sir William Worsley is the owner of the 3,000-acre Hovingham Estate in North Yorkshire, which has been in his family for more than 450 years. He is joined in this episode of Estate Matters by Avril Roberts, Senior Property and Business Policy Advisor with the CLA. The pair discuss masterplanning for rural estates and the importance of good communication and engagement with neighbours and stakeholders, set against the background of the Government's housing targets. https://www.hovi...
Managing Director of Estates at Blenheim Palace, Roy Cox, is the first guest to join Season Two of the Estate Matters podcast. Roy, along with host Anna Byles and KOR's Senior Public Affairs Consultant, Andrew Howard, discuss the reasons behind the Estate's proposed solar farm at Botley West in Oxfordshire. Roy explains how the rigid planning process governing nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) prevented Blenheim adopting its usual proactive approach to communication...
Iestyn John is a Partner at Planning Consultants, Bell Cornwell. In this episode of Estate Matters, he is joined by KOR's Senior Consultant in Public Affairs, Andrew Howard. The pair discuss the detail in the updated Framework and what opportunities that poses for landowners. Both agree the main thrust of the revisions is creating more new homes, more quickly. But will that mean compromising on "building beautiful"? Estates' reputations are built on the quality of any project th...
Charlie Forbes Adam was responsible for Escrick Park Estate for 32 years, before handing over responsibility to his son, Beilby in recent years. The Yorkshire estate, comprising a residential and commercial property portfolio, a 2,500 acre in-hand farm, a holiday park and a forestry operation, has been in the Forbes Adam family for over 350 years. In this episode of Estate Matters, the father and son discuss their approach to succession and how the challenges facing the next ge...
Michael Birnie (Property Director) and Sarah White (Head of Learning Programmes Development) from The Ernest Cook Trust, discuss how the management of the nine estates that make up the land holdings of the charity, is carried out with a clear focus on the Trust’s primary purpose as providers of outdoor learning. Michael describes the challenges of explaining that the Trust has charitable objects, but that those activities are funded by the land and property in its care. Sarah gives a ...
Philipp Lukas is Chief Executive Officer of Future Biogas - who develop and operate Anaerobic Digestor (AD) plants in the East of England. In this episode Philipp discusses the challenges of promoting AD plants, including allaying fears that sites will smell and increase traffic. He is joined by KOR's Senior Public Affairs Consultant, Andrew Howard who explains the principles of communicating renewable energy projects and how important it is to set the narrative from the outset....
Ben Murphy is the Estates Director for The Duchy of Cornwall's 130,000 acres, spread across 23 counties. The Duchy earned a reputation for building beautiful places that meet local needs with Poundbury in Dorset, now seen as a blueprint for placemaking by designers, architects and planners all over the world. In this episode of Estate Matters, Ben reveals that the key to the success of Poundbury, and the principles that guide the current development at Nansledan in Cornwall, is engagement wi...
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