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Dates: If it's the qualifiers as early in the year as possible. I'd say March - May
Formats:
UK Champs and Qualifiers need very different formats, you'll need to think carefully about the format, to come up with a compromise which gives you the accurate ranking needed for the qualifiers, and the elimination style people will want for the champs. Maybe have the qualifiers decided by the first day, then the champs ranking in an elim on the second.
Or make it a 3 day event, Swiss rounds on day 1, Elim on day 2, and then a round robin for the top X teams on day 3 to decide the qualifiers. Day 3 doesn't have to be at the same weekend, or even in the same location.
Location, 2 days 2 courts is really the minimum you need.
Facilities, qualifiers can be no frills, for UK Champs you want as many teams as possible, so I guess you need to offer something.
Personally I'm very much against combining the two events. One is all about accuracy, amongst a small number of teams, the other is about finding a winner, and getting as many teams as possible.
Hopefully Europe moves to a regional qualifying tournament model, in which case that's not an issue.