Planning application
Gainsborough House 17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA for change of use of ground floor and part of first floor from commercial use (Use Class E) to form 17 no. apartments (Use Class C3).
As published by the council, reference 24/00521/P3JPA
Application record
- Reference
- 24/00521/P3JPA
- Type
- Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
- Status
- Prior Approval Refused
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 17 Jul 2024
- Validated
- 18 Jul 2024
- Decided
- 9 Sep 2024
- Ward
- ALEXANDRA
- Parish
- Central Area
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ipswich register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 1 refused.
-
25/00456/FUL Granted
Gainsborough House 17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Erection of additional, fourth storey containing five one-bedroom flats.
-
25/00255/P3JPA Granted
Gainsborough House 17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA for change of use from offices (Class E) to dwellings (Class C3) at ground and part first floor level to create 17 duplexes.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
17 Jul 2024
Received by Ipswich
-
18 Jul 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
9 Sep 2024
Decision issued: Refused
-
9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Ipswich refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
Gainsborough House 17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Erection of additional, fourth storey containing five one-bedroom flats.
Granted Full applications New dwelling 15 docs -
Gainsborough House 17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA for change of use from offices (Class E) to dwellings (Class C3) at ground and part first floor level to create 17 duplexes.
Granted Prior approval 15 docs -
17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1DN
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
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 -
17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1DN
Application for Prior Approval of proposed change of use from offices (Class E(g)) to dwellings (Class C3).
Granted Prior approval 25 docs -
17 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1DN
Installation of replacement windows.
Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 15 docs
Other prior approval applications
In Ipswich
-
26/00630/PDE Granted
59 Bennett Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 5HX
Prior notification of the erection of a single-storey flat-roof rear extension projecting 3.5m from the original rear wall of the dwelling with a maximum overall height of 3.0m and eaves height of 2.65m.
-
26/00670/PDE Awaiting decision
13 Parnell Close Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6SR
Prior notification of proposed erection of single-storey rear extension (conservatory) projecting 4.0m from the original rear wall of the dwelling with a maximum overall height of 4m and maximum eaves height of 2.5m.
-
26/00668/PDE Awaiting decision
34 Heath Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5SA
Prior notification of proposed erection of single-storey rear extension projecting 4.93m from the original rear wall of the building with a maximum overall height of 3.61m and eaves height of 2.67m.
-
26/00667/PDE Awaiting decision
43 Blandford Road Ipswich Suffolk IP3 8SQ
Prior notification of the erection of a single-storey rear extension projecting 6m from the original rear wall of the dwelling with a maximum overall height of 4m and eaves height of 2.4m.
-
26/00664/PDE Awaiting decision
74 Hawke Road Ipswich Suffolk IP3 0JD
Prior notification of the erection of a single-storey rear extension projecting 4.8m from the original rear wall of the dwelling with a maximum overall height of 3.75m and eaves height of 2.8m.