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Grand Theatre, 33 Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 1HT

25/0910Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to the layout and re-seating of the Gallery including new handrails and amphitheatre barrier, opening up the side slips and introducing a follow-spot position in the centre of the rake with direct access off the corridor below.

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Talbot
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at GRAND THEATRE, 33 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1HT. Blackpool has handled 3 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Blackpool's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Talbot. We hold 159 applications in total for the FY1 postcode area.

86% of all applications at Blackpool Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
FY1 1HT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Last date for comments
16 February 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Theatresearch
Agent address
Dacre Hall, Dacre, Nr Harrogate, Yorkshire, HG3 4ET

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Cameron Hirst
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14490137
Documents
9
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Grand TheatreOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction - C3 to C4 HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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