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40 Belvedere Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 4AB

26/00095/CLDCertificate of Lawful DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 1 April 2026

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 Development for proposed change of use from single dwellinghouse (Class C3) to 6-bedroom, 6-person small HMO (Class C4).

Received
11 February 2026
Ward
RUSHMERE
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 40 Belvedere Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 4AB. Ipswich has handled 84 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days longer than Ipswich's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across RUSHMERE. 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 4AB
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northeast Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
10 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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

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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