Planning application
The Gallery Studio Theatre St Georges Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3LH
Relates to 25/00141/LBC
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of conditions 2, 3 and 4 of 25/00141/LBC (Alterations to existing first-floor theatre seating, including seating replacement, reconfiguration of auditorium, alteration to balcony railing, construction of new technical control room, and exposure of hidden historic features), relating to details of installation of new seating platforms over pre-existing platforms; removal and storage of remaining fixed segment of balcony railing; and installation of architectural lighting in auditorium.
As published by the council, reference 25/00799/CON
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00799/CON
- Type
- Conditions under Planning Permission
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 10 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Ward
- WESTGATE
- Parish
- Central Area
- Postcode
- IP1 3LH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ipswich register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/00141/LBC Granted
The Gallery Studio Theatre St Georges Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3LH
Alterations to existing first-floor theatre seating, including seating replacement, reconfiguration of auditorium, alteration to balcony railing, construction of new technical control room, and exposure of hidden historic features.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Nov 2025
Received by Ipswich
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11 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Ipswich took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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25/00141/LBC Granted
The Gallery Studio Theatre St Georges Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3LH
Alterations to existing first-floor theatre seating, including seating replacement, reconfiguration of auditorium, alteration to balcony railing, construction of new technical control room, and exposure of hidden historic features.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Ipswich for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Ipswich decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH
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