Expert Agricultural Groundworks Contractors in West Cornwall
Farm building bases, tracks, concrete yards, silage clamps, slurry stores and the drainage that ties them together, planned around your stock, your machinery and your season. One groundworks contractor for the whole farm, from the first dig to the finished yard.
CHAS Accredited Contractor
Constructionline Gold MemberCPCS-Carded OperatorsOur Own Plant FleetFully Insured Agricultural Groundworks for the Working Farm
Agricultural groundworks is the excavation, drainage, sub-base and concrete work that every farm building, yard, track and store is built on. It covers the ground preparation for new sheds and barns, the yards and farm hardstanding around them, the tracks that link them, and the clamps, stores and drains that manage silage, slurry and rainwater.
On a working farm that ground has to carry heavy loads, take hard wear from stock and machinery, and keep clean and dirty water apart. The levels, falls and base build-up set at the start decide whether a yard stays dry and a track stays open through a Cornish winter.
Luna Maintenance Ltd delivers the complete agricultural groundworks package across West Cornwall, from a single building base to a full farmyard, for farmers, landowners and estates.
The Agricultural Groundworks We Deliver
Farm building groundworks and erection
Site preparation, the concrete pad and the erection of the steel frame for cattle sheds, livestock housing, machinery stores and general-purpose buildings, with the aprons and drainage around them. The full detail is on our agricultural buildings page.
Farm tracks
Graded stone laid over a separating layer, cambered and drained so it carries tractors, trailers and stock lorries in every season, whether it is a new route across the farm or the rebuild of a track that has worn out. See farm track construction.
Concrete yards and farm hardstanding
Agricultural concrete for collecting yards, feed areas, building aprons and machinery standing, laid to falls and finished for grip. See farm concrete yards.
Silage clamps and slurry stores
Clamp floors, walls and stores built to the silage and slurry regulations, with the effluent drainage they need and the concrete apron that serves them. See silage clamps and slurry stores.
Farm drainage
Land drainage for wet fields, springs and gateways, yard run-off channels, roof water taken to a soakaway, and the separation of clean and dirty water so only what needs storing reaches the store.
Clearance and machine work
Scrub and hedge-line clearance, breaking out old concrete with the excavator breakers, and carting stone and spoil with the Valtra tractor and dump trailer. We can arrange muck away as part of the job.
Agricultural and Equestrian Groundworks Services
Our lead line of work, built for the way a working farm or yard operates.
Horse arena construction
Ménages and riding arenas built on the drainage and sub-base an arena depends on, plus stable bases and yards.
Agricultural buildings
Steel-frame farm buildings taken from the groundworks and concrete pad to the erected frame.
Farm track construction
Stone tracks built with the camber and drainage to carry heavy machinery through a Cornish winter.
Farm concrete yards
Yards and farm hardstanding laid to the load, with falls that keep clean and dirty water apart.
Silage clamps and slurry stores
Clamps and stores built to the silage and slurry regulations.
Our Agricultural Groundworks Across West Cornwall
Our farm work includes steel-frame agricultural buildings erected on concrete pads we poured ourselves, silage-shed bases, a stone farm track and horse arenas with full drainage. Every photograph on this page is a job our own team carried out.
See more on our work page.
Trusted With Repeat Farm Work
Repeat work on the same farm is the recommendation we value most:
"Their time management, cost structure and quality of work has been excellent and I would be delighted to recommend them. They are now on their 4th project and I am sure there will be a 5th in the future."
"I was very happy with the work carried and I would certainly use him again. He is a consummate professional at what he does."
"They did the project promptly and charged exactly what they quoted, even doing a few extra bits for me whilst they were on site."
What Well-Built Farm Groundworks Give You
A yard that stays clean and workableFalls carry rainwater off the concrete, and clean water is kept away from dirty, so less ends up in your store and the yard is safer underfoot for stock and staff.
Access in every seasonTracks, gateways and aprons built on a drained, compacted base stay open through a wet winter, so feed, stock and machinery keep moving when you need them to.
Buildings that go up square and levelA pad set out and levelled to the building it carries means the frame goes up true and the doors, gutters and floor all line up.
One plan for the whole farmWhen the same contractor designs the drainage, the base and the building together, each stage fits the next and the farm is disrupted once, not three times.
How an Agricultural Groundworks Project Runs
Walk the farm with us.
We visit free of charge to look at the ground, the access for machinery and stock, where the water runs and how the new work fits the farm.
Agree the plan in writing.
Your written quote sets out the work, the specification and the price, and flags where prior approval or Environment Agency notice applies, so the paperwork is in hand early.
Prepare the ground.
We strip, excavate and lay the drainage, working round your stock and your daily routine.
Build the base.
The sub-base is compacted in layers and the concrete poured to the falls, finished for the use it will see.
Complete and hand over.
The building is erected, the yard finished or the track topped, the site left tidy, and we walk the work with you before we leave.
Why Farms Choose Luna Maintenance for Agricultural Groundworks
Much of the work on a farm falls under agricultural permitted development. Under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 6, Class A, units of 5 hectares or more can carry out many buildings, excavations and engineering works needed for agriculture, often subject to prior approval from the council rather than a full planning application. We plan every job with that in mind and always advise you to confirm the position with Cornwall Council.
Planned round the farm. We work 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, so the job can fit round calving, silage and harvest.
The right machine for heavy work. Our own 14-tonne excavator with iDig machine control holds the levels, and the Valtra 250hp tractor and dump trailer moves the stone.
Accredited for the larger jobs. CHAS accredited and a Constructionline Gold member.
Your Contractor: Ross Kitto
Ross Kitto leads every agricultural job we take on. He has 29 years in the trade and formed Luna Maintenance Ltd in 2023, and today he heads a close team of five working from Hayle. Farm and equestrian groundworks are the work he is most known for, and the reason so many of our farm customers come back for the next project.
Ross and the team are CPCS-carded on the plant, confined space trained and chainsaw certified.
“We place great importance on building long-term relationships with the farms we work for, and we tailor every job to the way your farm runs,”
says Ross Kitto, director of Luna Maintenance Ltd.
Agricultural Groundworks Across West Cornwall
What Your Agricultural Groundworks Quote Covers
Every farm job is priced from a site visit, because the ground, the access and the drainage differ from one farm to the next. Your written quote sets out:
Anything found once the ground is open that changes the work is agreed with you in writing first.
Agricultural Groundworks Questions
What does agricultural groundworks include?
Can you do the drainage and the yard at the same time?
Can you work around livestock and the farm calendar?
Do you hire a tractor and dump trailer with a driver?
What farm work do you take on?
Do you cover farms outside the listed towns?
01Horse arena construction
Ménages and riding arenas built on the drainage and sub-base an arena depends on.
Horse arena construction
02Drainage
Land drainage, soakaways and septic tanks for farms and rural homes.
Drainage
03Fencing
Stock fencing and post and rail for fields, paddocks and arenas.
FencingTalk Through Your Farm Project
Whether it is one building base or a full farmyard, we will walk the ground with you and plan the work round your farm. The site visit and the written quote are free.
Call Ross on 07460 077745·Book a free site visit online
Based in Hayle, working across West Cornwall
Phone: 07460 077745
Email: office@lunamaintenanceltd.com
Hours: 7am to 7pm, 7 days a week
Last updated: 20 October 2026