Former First And Second Floor 1 Friars Courtyard 30 - 32 Princes Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1RJ
Approved on 18 December 2025
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Proposal
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA for change of use from commercial use (Use Class E) to six self-contained dwellings (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 4 August 2025
- Council
- Ipswich Borough Council
- Ward
- ALEXANDRA
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation4 Sep
- TargetTarget Date24 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Dec
Decided in 127 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Former First And Second Floor 1 Friars Courtyard 30 - 32 Princes Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1RJ. Ipswich has handled 26 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 13 weeks longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across ALEXANDRA. We hold 294 applications in total for the IP1 postcode area.
100% of outline 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
- IP1 1RJ
- Application type
- Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Ben Elvin Planning Consultancy 122 Constable Road Ipswich IP4 2XA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 September 2025
- Site notice start
- 19 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 9 September 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction for Small HMOs
- Brownfield land register: 38 Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1RJRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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