39 Elm Street Ipswich Suffolk
Approved on 13 March 2026
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Proposal
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA for change of use from commercial use (Use Class E) to form two residential units (Use Class C3) with the addition of a mezzanine floor.
- Received
- 8 January 2026
- Council
- Ipswich Borough Council
- Ward
- ALEXANDRA
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 Mar
- DecidedDecided13 Mar
Decided in 63 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 39 Elm Street Ipswich Suffolk. Ipswich has handled 26 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 3 weeks longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across ALEXANDRA.
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
- Application type
- Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- LK DESIGN SERVICES 7 HANWELL CLOSE CLACTON ON SEA CO16 7HF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 20 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 10 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Central Conservation AreaPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction for Small HMOs
- Brownfield land register: 35-37 Elm StreetRegister 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 (20)
flood storage 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 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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