Saltram Amphitheatre, Merafield Road Plymouth PL7 1UH

24/01685/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 February 2025

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works to stabilise the Amphitheatre which include installation of rock bolts and mesh

Received: 24 December 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Plymouth City Council
Ward: PLYMSTOCK RADFORD

ReceivedReceived24 Dec
ValidatedValidated24 Dec
Consult.Consultation4 Feb
TargetTarget Date18 Feb
DecidedDecided14 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Saltram Amphitheatre, Merafield Road Plymouth PL7 1UH. Plymouth has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Plymouth's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across PLYMSTOCK RADFORD. We hold 369 applications in total for the PL7 postcode area.

97% of heritage applications at Plymouth City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: PL7 1UH
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 December 2024
Last date for comments: 4 February 2025
Target decision date: 18 February 2025
Permission expires: 14 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: National Trust
Agent address: Saltram House, Merafield Road Plymouth PL7 1UH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 13
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II*: Amphitheatre in Grounds of Saltram HouseOn or next to this site
Registered park and garden: Saltram House
Ancient woodland: Saltram Wood
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

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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.

Source: Plymouth

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