Latest updates, announcements, and insights from our team.

Heatons are proud to sponser the 17th hole at the wonderful Erewash Valley Golf Club. We look forward to bringing clients and friends along with us once the golf course is back open for a round at one of East Midlands’ premier courses which features two, very apt, ‘Quarry Holes’.  

Heatons have recently obtained two separate planning permissions on agricultural land in the Staffordshire countryside. A Change of Use application was submitted to the local Borough Council for the proposed use of the land as a private paddock, complete with stable block and areas designed for wildlife. Given that the land is part of Newbold […]

Heatons recently achieved outline planning permission for the demolition of a vacant public house and residential redevelopment of the site to provide up to four dwellings. Alongside Green 2K Design and Vectio Highways Consulting, we worked with the local planning authority to overcome initial concerns and made necessary amendments to the site layout and access to maximise […]

Heatons are pleased to have secured approval on behalf of Breedon for a new quarry workshop at Cloud Hill Quarry in Leicestershire. This involved a two pronged approach, where we firstly negotiated with the Mineral Planning Authority to secure approval of a Non-Material Amendment which enabled the mineral operator to stockpile materials away from their […]

Heatons are very pleased to share that we have secured planning permission for an Alternative Fuel Platform and Conveyor Feed for Cauldon Cement Plant, operated by Lafarge Cauldon. We worked with the client and managed a team of specialists to develop a design for the proposals that incorporates a laboratory, storage hall, liquid fuel tanks, […]

Heatons have gained planning permission for the Change of Use of part of a Grade II Listed Building to Sui Generis (Car Showroom) use, with the associated retention of an outbuilding used to store luxury vehicles. The site in question, Tollerton Hall and grounds, are located in the Nottinghamshire countryside and are in the Green […]

Heatons are pleased to have secured planning permission, on behalf of Harworth Estates for the redevelopment of the former North Selby Mine site to a leisure development comprising of a range of touring caravan, static caravans and lodges. As the site lies within York’s Green Belt, very special circumstances were demonstrated in terms of the […]

Heatons are delighted to have been able to assist our client Godkin Properties secure planning permission to renovate and restore a former Church Hall in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales.  The former Church Hall will provide 3 holiday lets. Working alongside the team at Green 2K Design we provided evidence to overcome concerns regarding the perceived […]

Heatons are pleased to have received a resolution to grant planning permission, on behalf of Stamford Stone for an extension to Clipsham Quarry. Releasing the renowned Clipsham Blockstone reserve, a distinguished product that has been used and continues to be used in many prestigious projects. Other elements of the development include aggregate extraction including flooring and walling […]

Heatons have secured full planning permission for the development of 7 new homes in Morton, Derbyshire. Heatons, along with Highways Access Solutions (HAS) and Green2K Design, worked with the local planning authority to address initial concerns relating to the proposed site layout and the impact of the development on highways. The development will provide a […]

Heatons have secured the allocation of a site at South Witham for 14 dwellings in the recently adopted South Kesteven Local Plan (part of LV-H10) on behalf of Bullimores Sand and Gravel.  Heatons have promoted the site for a number of years and representations were successful in overcoming key issues such as impacts on the […]

Heatons are pleased to have secured another Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed use of a dwelling house as a small scale home for children. The home can now provide non-institutional care for up to three children in the long term care of the local authority. We successfully argued that the proposed use of the property would […]