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220 Spring Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5NW

25/00666/CLDCertificate of Lawful DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 24 November 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Certificate of lawful use of existing residential dwelling (Use Class C3) for proposed use as a child care home (Use Class C2).

Received
30 September 2025
Ward
ALEXANDRA
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 220 Spring Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5NW. Ipswich has handled 84 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

83% of amendment 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 5NW
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Consultation expiry
7 October 2025
Target decision date
25 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Spencer Way London E1 2PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Gothic HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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