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Land North Of Railway And East Of Henley Road Ipswich Suffolk

Granted East Suffolk DC/25/3968/CON Other Consultation

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Consultation - Submission of Reserved Matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the construction of a 420-place Primary School and 60 Place Pre-School, associated playing fields, parking, landscaping, drainage and other associated works; in relation to Outline Planning Permission IP/16/00608/OUT comprising up to 1,100 residential dwellings(use class C3); a local centre (to accommodate up to 250sqm (net) of convenience floor space (A1), up to 300sqm of comparison floorspace (A1), up to 250sqm in use classes A1-A5 and up to 500sqm community centre (D1)); provision of a primary school (D1); provision of sports facilities, Country Park (including visitor centre (D1)); open space (including amenity space, children's play areas and allotments) and sustainable urban drainage systems; associated landscaping, infrastructure and engineering/earthworks; creation of 2No. new vehicular accesses from Henley Road, 1No. vehicular access from Westerfield Road (to serve Country Park only), and provision of access points to allow for pedestrian/cycle bridge over railway and vehicular bridge over railway. The Application also seeks the part discharge of Condition 20 (Construction and Environment Management Plan) and Condition 26 (the Arboricultural Method Statement) of IP/16/00608/OUT. IP/16/00608/OUT was an EIA development and an Environmental Statement was submitted with the application under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (as amended).

As published by the council, reference DC/25/3968/CON

Application record

Reference
DC/25/3968/CON
Type
Other Consultation
Status
Responded
Decision
Granted As published: No Objections
Received
15 Oct 2025
Validated
15 Oct 2025
Decided
27 Oct 2025
Ward
Melton
Parish
Melton
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register

This site has had 6 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/26/0224/CON Granted

    Land North Of Railway And East Of Henley Road Ipswich Suffolk

    Consultation - Application to re-discharge condition 20 (Full Construction and Environmental Management Plan) of Outline Planning Permission IP/16/00608/OUT. An Addendum to the Environmental Statement approved under IP/16/00608/OUT has been submitted with the application under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (as amended).

    Decided 28 Jan 2026 Outline
  • DC/25/3971/CON Granted

    Land North Of Railway And East Of Henley Road Ipswich Suffolk

    Consultation - Application to discharge Condition 26 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of Outline Permission IP/16/00608/OUT (Henley Gate Primary School).

    Decided 27 Oct 2025 Outline
  • DC/25/0711/CON Awaiting decision

    Land North Of Railway And East Of Henley Road Ipswich Suffolk

    Consultation - Application to part discharge condition 27 (Westerfield Road and Lower Road maintenance access) of outline planning permission IP/16/00608/OUT.

    Submitted 19 Feb 2025 Outline
  • DC/24/3522/CON Withdrawn

    Land North Of Railway And East Of Henley Road Ipswich Suffolk

    Consultation - IP/24/00691/CON - Application to discharge Condition 26 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of Outline Permission IP/16/00608/OUT. (Phase 3A Housing).

    Decided 18 Oct 2024 Outline
  • DC/23/3041/CON Decided

    Land North Of Railway And East Of Henley Road Ipswich Suffolk

    Consultation on IP/23/00583/CON - Application to discharge condition 5 (informal play features), condition 6 (measures to prevent unauthorised vehicular access), condition 9 (car park management), condition 10 (car park access deterrents), condition 11 (measures to avoid anti-social behaviour and nuisance) and condition 15 (hedge planting details) of Reserved Matters Application IP/21/01109/REM (related to Outline Permission IP/16/00608/OUT).

    Decided 3 Oct 2024 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Oct 2025

    Received by East Suffolk

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: No Objections

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Suffolk granted permission on 27 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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