Planning Responses
We are a statutory consultee in the planning system. Keep up-to-date with our planning responses.
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Facade works and upgrades at Theatre Royal Brighton
The Trust supported planning permission and listed building consent for important structural repairs, refurbishment and new lighting to the theatre's colonnade along with internal electrical and ventilation improvements.
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Complete demolition of remaining former New Victoria/Odeon, Preston
The Trust has objected to plans to demolish the remaining foyer block of the former New Victoria Theatre, later the Odeon, in Preston. The auditorium was demolished in May 2022 following a fire.
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Trust objects to holiday lets underneath Stratford's Attic Theatre
The Trust has strongly objected to a proposal for change of use from theatre use, having previously been storage and workshop, to holiday accommodation due to the risk of noise transfer to and from the Attic Theatre and no evidence for loss of use.
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Alterations to long dock and paint room at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The Trust supported in principle works to the painting room subject to submission of further evidence and justification, as few of these facilities remain.
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Hotel extension at London's Trocadero
The Trust raised no objections to further extension of a hotel at the Trocadero in London's West End, which was previously a dance hall and theatre from the early 1800s until the 1960s but for which little fabric remains.
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New rooftop plant and ventilation improvements at Manchester's Palace
The Trust supported planning permission and listed building consent at the Palace to facilitate replacement ventilation and circulation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.