Design
National policy sets out that the creation of high quality, beautiful and sustainable buildings and places is fundamental to what the planning and development process should achieve.
Good design is a key aspect of sustainable development, creates better places in which to live and work and helps make development acceptable to communities. Heatons work closely with a range of professionals on all planning schemes to deliver developments of a high-quality design.
Design & Access Statements
Heatons work with architects, master planners and landscape architects to combine our expertise and knowledge to create effective Design & Access Statements to accompany any development planning applications.
Our team works closely with our clients as we manage applications through the planning phase, and work with the relevant authorities to overcome any problems to secure planning permission.
Restoration Strategy
In England alone there are over 2,000 active quarries, covering 64,000 hectares. All of this land is under temporary stewardship of mineral operators and all of it will be restored after quarrying.
Restoration, and aftercare, is a requirement and component of planning permission for mineral extraction. Restoration schemes are a result of dialogue and agreement between the operators, planning authorities, other regulators and the community, more often than not delivering a range of after-uses and benefit.
Through our work for the minerals and waste industries, the Heatons team are instrumental in working with landscape architects, geologists, estate managers to deliver a restoration strategy that meets the needs of the landowner, interested parties and the environment. Our practice provides assistance to companies within the UK from the outset of development through to restoration.