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Gipping Court 4 Constantine Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 2EB

25/00733/P3SPAPrior Approval Solar PVApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 December 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the installation of a 50kWp solar PV system to the roof of Gipping Court, consisting of approximately 110 panels.

Received
16 October 2025
Ward
GIPPING
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Gipping Court 4 Constantine Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 2EB. Ipswich has handled 26 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 8 days longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across GIPPING. 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 2EB
Application type
Prior Approval Solar PV
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southwest Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
18 November 2025
Consultation start
17 October 2025
Consultation end
7 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
17 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Abbey Wood Road Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4YT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
18 November 2025
Site notice start
28 October 2025
Site notice end
18 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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