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432 Woodbridge Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 4EL

24/00565/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 12 February 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of estate agents (Use Class E(c)) to a hot food takeaway (Use Class Sui Generis) including the installation of an external flue.

Received
5 August 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
ST JOHNS
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 82 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 432 Woodbridge Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 4EL. Ipswich has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 191 days, 21 weeks longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across ST JOHNS. 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 4EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northeast Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2024
Consultation expiry
10 February 2025
Consultation start
22 November 2024
Consultation end
13 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2025
Target decision date
17 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ian Smillie Architectural Services 75 Camden Road Ipswich IP3 8JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 December 2024
Advertisement expiry
24 December 2024
Site notice start
3 December 2024
Site notice end
24 December 2024

Appeal history

3361658
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 July 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction for Small HMOs
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: Ipswich

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