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St Margarets Primary School Bolton Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2BT

SCC/0016/24IP/DEMDemolition Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 July 2024

Council decision: App/Conds

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing masonry boundary wall with new Masonry (reinforced concrete) wall 3m from floor level. Existing boundary wall is in disrepair and requires structural upgrade. Existing boundary wall is currently propped up using temporary scaffolding until upgrade is carried out.

Received
31 January 2024
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at St Margarets Primary School Bolton Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2BT. Suffolk has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 16 weeks longer than Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 187 applications in total for the IP4 postcode area.

100% of all applications at Suffolk County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP4 2BT
Application type
Demolition Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ipswich
District
Ipswich Borough Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Consultation expiry
25 June 2024
Consultation end
25 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Friars Bridge Rd Ipswich IP1 1RR

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 40 and 42, Bolton LaneOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction for Small HMOs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    1 Dec

    Discharge of Condition 4. Signed precautionary method statement and 5. Facing brick. For planning application…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSCC/0016/24IP/DEM/ART27c4,5
  2. 2024
    31 Jan

    Demolition of existing masonry boundary wall with new Masonry (reinforced concrete) wall 3m from floor level…

    This applicationApp/CondsOutlineSCC/0016/24IP/DEM

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