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20 - 22 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AL

Granted Ipswich 24/00518/LBC Listed Building Consent

Works: New dwelling Several homes

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing commercial offices to create three flats with communal spaces.

As published by the council, reference 24/00518/LBC

Application record

Reference
24/00518/LBC
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Approved/Conditions
Decision
Granted subject to conditions
Received
17 Jul 2024
Validated
18 Jul 2024
Decided
6 Jan 2025
Ward
ALEXANDRA
Parish
Central Area
Postcode
IP4 1AL

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ipswich register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 24/00517/FUL Granted

    20 - 22 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AL

    Conversion of existing commercial offices to create three flats with communal spaces.

    Decided 6 Jan 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 18 Jul 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Jan 2025

    Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions

  4. 16 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

15 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ipswich granted permission on 6 January 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.

About heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 20 - 22 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AL

    24/00517/FUL Submitted 17 Jul 2024 0m away

    Conversion of existing commercial offices to create three flats with communal spaces.

    Granted Full applications New dwelling 15 docs
    Several homes
  • 25 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AQ

    25/00772/LBC Submitted 31 Oct 2025 26m away

    Removal and insertion of internal partitions, kitchens and bathrooms to facilitate the conversion of the office building into 9 flats; and including replacement ground floor front elevation window.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling Windows or glazing 15 docs
    Several homes
  • 25 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AQ

    25/00754/FUL Submitted 28 Oct 2025 26m away

    Change of use of office (Use Class E) to 9 no. flats (Use Class C3), including gym and office space for use incidental to the dwellings; and including replacement ground floor front elevation window.

    Granted Full applications New dwelling Windows or glazing 15 docs
    Several homes
  • Turret House 2 Turret Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1DL

    26/00125/P3JPA Submitted 16 Feb 2026 37m away

    Application for Prior Approval under Class MA for the change of use from commercial use (Use Class E) to two self-contained dwellings (Use Class C3) comprised of one first floor flat and one ground floor flat.

    Granted Prior approval 15 docs
  • 17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1DN

    24/00328/CON Submitted 7 May 2024 40m away

    Discharge of conditions 3 and 4 of application IP/21/00449/P3JPA (Application for Prior Approval of proposed change of use from offices (Class E(g)) to dwellings (Class C3) ) relating to contamination, surface water management, flood emergency plan, cycle storage, bin storage, electric vehicle charging, and noise mitigation AMENDED DESCRIPTION

    Granted Conditions 7 docs
  • 17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1DN

    21/00659/P3JPA Submitted 14 Jun 2021 40m away

    Prior Approval for conversion of first, second and third floor of building from Office (Class E(g)) into 49 no. Residential flats (Class C3(a)).

    Withdrawn Prior approval New dwelling 25 docs

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    27 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
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