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Theatre Royal, Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 2TR

26/00178/MORMinor Pre Application EnquiryAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Pre-application for internal changes to improve audience flow and seating

Received
4 February 2026
Decision due
3 February 2027
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (2)

About this application

This is an outline application at Theatre Royal, Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 2TR. Plymouth has handled 203 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 224 applications across ST PETER AND THE WATERFRONT. We hold 469 applications in total for the PL1 postcode area.

95% of outline 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
PL1 2TR
Application type
Minor Pre Application Enquiry
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Theatre Royal, Royal Parade Plymouth PL1 2TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
364 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Theatre Royal PlymouthOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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.

Source: Plymouth

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