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Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

26/00741/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 July 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of external battery pack and associated cabling, to serve 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels to the roof of Grade I listed Unitarian Meeting House, as per planning approval 26/00388/FUL.

Received
28 September 2026
Ward
ALEXANDRA
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided1 Jul

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD. Ipswich has handled 88 applications of this type. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 full 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 1TD
Application type
Full Application
Parish
Central Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2026
Target decision date
25 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
KLH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
KLH Architects Ltd, The Old Steelyard, Poplar Lane, Sproughton, IPSWICH, IP8 3HL

Planning decision

Case officer
Peter Lambert

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade I: Unitarian ChapelOn 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Sep

    Installation of external battery pack and associated cabling, to serve 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels to…

    This applicationApprovedFull Application26/00741/FUL
  2. 2026
    29 Sep

    Installation of external battery pack and associated cabling, to serve 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/00742/LBC

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