Plans for the Grade II-listed Palace Theatre on Swansea’s High Street would see the 132-year-old venue become a new home for "exciting young tech and creative businesses". The Council aims to preserve its historic features while providing workspace for more than 130 people, and the public is being invited to comment on the plans prior to a new planning application being made later this year.
Meanwhile a change of use planning application to turn a Grade II listed former chapel in Machynlleth into an arts centre has been refused after the Town Council said the town "does not need another performance venue", particularly close to residential areas. The plan to use it as a community arts centre would have offered a home to artists, musicians, craftspeople, community groups, the elderly, children and those with mental health issues.
In Dunfermline though, new plans for a performing arts centre in the town have been approved by Fife Council. A retail building “in a state of disrepair” and vacant for more than a decade will be turned into the Ironmongers Studio, which will house a 200-seat theatre and cinema.