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20 St Nicholas Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TJ

26/00081/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 May 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of non-illuminated, non-projecting, traditionally black-painted shop signage letters.

Received
30 January 2026
Ward
ALEXANDRA
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at 20 St Nicholas Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TJ. Ipswich has handled 21 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 8 weeks longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. 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 heritage 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 1TJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
21 April 2026
Site notice start
31 March 2026
Site notice end
21 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 22, St Nicholas StreetOn this site · +6 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction for Small HMOs
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Unitarian Chapel, Friars Street, IpswichPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 31 Princes Street IP1 1PURegister 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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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