Business & Property
Golf course development: a practical guide to planning and phasing
Few new courses get built in Britain. Most development now means reworking a site that already exists, and that has rules of its own.
Writer
Richard Ellery
Property and transactions. Reads the sale particulars, the lease and the balance sheet before the marketing: course sales, valuations, planning and turnaround situations.
Business & Property
Golf club insurance: 8 covers and the risk behind each one
A golf venue is a farm, a bar, a shop and a public park at once. The cover has to…
7 min read
August 4, 2026
Business & Property
Golf course valuation: 3 methods and what each one misses
Three approaches, one asset that resists all of them. How buyers, lenders and agents actually put a number on a…
7 min read
August 4, 2026
Business & Property
Distressed golf venues: how turnarounds actually happen
Struggling venues attract thesis buyers. The levers they pull, and what sellers should understand before the conversation.
8 min read
July 18, 2026
Business & Property
Leases, freeholds and the structures behind golf venues
Who owns the land decides what the business can become. The ownership structures behind UK venues, in plain English.
8 min read
July 18, 2026
Business & Property
Who buys a golf course, and what they look at first
Four buyer types walk into the UK course market, and all of them ask the same three questions before the…
8 min read
July 18, 2026
Business & Property
How the UK golf-course property market is trading in 2026
Agents report an active market, but no public index exists. What owners and buyers can actually know in 2026.
8 min read
July 17, 2026