Planning Responses

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  • Repairs, cleaning and painting at Edinburgh Playhouse

    The Trust supported planning permission and listed building consent for maintenance and repairs at the Playhouse including external re-painting, masonry repairs, window repairs and re-sealing and stonework cleaning.

  • Small extension to Moffat's Old Well Theatre

    The Trust supported plans for a small extension to the side of the theatre which will provide new storage space.

  • Objection to fresh demolition proposals for Stafford's Sandonia

    Following objection to a previous application in 2021 for demolition of the Sandonia, a new application has been submitted for total demolition and outline permission for housing. The Trust has urged retention of at least the decorative foyer block.

  • Discharge of condition at Manchester's Palace Theatre

    The Trust supported discharge of a planning condition related to temporary installation of a scaffold stair at Palace Theatre in Manchester.

  • Continued outdoor seating at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

    The Trust supported variation of a planning condition to enable the theatre to utilise parts of the pavement outside for external tables and seating for a further one year period.

  • New accessible entrance at Christchurch's Regent Centre

    The Trust supported provision of a new accessible entrance to the Regent Centre with a lift created by infilling a recess to the side of the building along a passageway from the car park behind.

  • Revision to scheme next to Her Majesty's Theatre

    The Trust supported a variation of planning condition at a development next to Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End as the revision removed a previous feature of concern, and made no comment on other amendments which do not impact the theatre.

  • Alterations at Shaftesbury Arts Centre

    Planning permission and listed building consent for alterations to better integrate the venue's foyer and gallery, and works to its first floor, were supported.

  • Amended plans for development adjacent to Lighthouse Poole

    The Trust supports revisions to plans for a mixed use development adjacent to the theatre. There are now no homes which directly overlook the Lighthouse’s servicing bay and there is much greater separation between residential units and the Lighthouse.

  • Bury Met to install disabled lift in auditorium

    The Trust is supportive of this application, which would improve disabled accessibility within the main auditorium through the installation of a lift to the raised platform.

  • Live performance use proposed for Chichester Feather & Black

    Theatres Trust does not object in principle to the location of the site for live shows and music covering all aspects of performance and celebrity acts, but greater consideration needs to be given to how the building will function.

  • Demolition proposal for former Theatre Royal in Deal

    Although the Trust did not object to the demolition of the former Royal, which was also a cinema and then split into a snooker hall and amusement arcade, we urged options for retention to be explored and evidence its social function is no longer required.