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2 St Margarets Plain Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2BA

21/00773/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 October 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing retail unit with first floor flat to three self-contained ground floor retail units plus three flats and an office unit at first and second floor levels. External alterations including formation of new doors, new parapet wall and external balcony.

Received
14 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ALEXANDRA
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 105 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 St Margarets Plain Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2BA. Ipswich has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 9 weeks longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across ALEXANDRA. We hold 187 applications in total for the IP4 postcode area.

100% of full applications at Ipswich Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP4 2BA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2021
Consultation expiry
25 October 2021
Consultation start
30 September 2021
Consultation end
21 October 2021
Neighbour consultation start
29 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
9 August 2021
Target decision date
8 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Guildhall Market Hill Framlingham Woodbridge IP13 9BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 October 2021
Advertisement expiry
25 October 2021
Site notice start
4 October 2021
Site notice end
25 October 2021

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2 St Margaret's PlainOn this site · +3 more
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    14 Jul

    Change of use of existing retail unit with first floor flat to three self-contained ground floor retail units…

    This applicationApplication WithdrawnFull21/00773/FUL
  2. 2021
    14 Jul

    Internal and external changes to facilitate change of use of existing retail unit with first floor flat to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside21/00774/LBC

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