Planning Responses

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  • Accessibility alteration at Noel Coward Theatre

    The Trust supported listed building consent for the adjustment and widening of a doorway to improve accessibility into a box and remove a hazard on the adjacent staircase.

  • Change of use of upper part of Brixton House

    The Trust supported change of use of part of an upper floor at Brixton House Theatre from office to educational to facilitate use by a specialist music college focussing on rock, electronic and pop.

  • External seating for restaurant at Brighton Dome

    The Trust supported planning permission and listed building consent for the installation of awnings, screens and planters for an outdoor seating area for a new restaurant at Brighton Dome.

  • Outline permission for redevelopment including Derby Theatre

    The Trust raised no objection in principle to demolition of Derby Theatre on the condition that a suitable replacement facility was made available prior to loss.

  • Repairs at Trinity Theatre

    The Trust supported listed building consent for repairs to wallplates and timber joists within the venue's roof.

  • Approval of condition application at Dudley Hippodrome

    The Trust supported partial discharge of a planning condition with submission of a methodology for historic building recording, but highlighted there appears to have been a breach of planning due to extensive stripping of fabric having taken place.

  • 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.

  • Fresh proposal for Bournemouth's former Odeon/Regent Theatre

    Following two previous refused applications for demolition and replacement high-density housing scheme, the Trust again objected to a new partial façade-retaining proposal on the basis of continued lack of evidence cultural use is no longer required.

  • 'Men's Shed' to be constucted to rear of Groundlings Theatre

    The Trust supported a proposal for a 'Men's Shed' to be placed to the rear of Groundlings in Portsmouth. 'Men's Sheds' are a scheme which provides social spaces for mostly men to help reduce isolation through developing skills and meeting new people.