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158 St Helens Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2LH

Refused Ipswich 24/00824/FUL Full Application

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from 4 bed dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a 5 resident (3 bed) HMO (Use Class C4) (retrospective application).

As published by the council, reference 24/00824/FUL

Application record

Reference
24/00824/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
25 Oct 2024
Validated
6 Nov 2024
Decided
23 Dec 2024
Ward
ALEXANDRA
Parish
Central Area
Postcode
IP4 2LH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ipswich register

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

  • 24/00385/CLD Refused

    158 St Helens Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2LH

    Certificate of Lawful development for use of single dwelling house (Use Class C3) as a HMO (House of Multiple Occupation) for up to 4 people (Use Class C4).

    Decided 17 Jul 2024 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Oct 2024

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 2 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What 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 full applications

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Nearby applications

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  • 158 St Helens Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2LH

    24/00385/CLD Submitted 29 May 2024 50 yards away

    Certificate of Lawful development for use of single dwelling house (Use Class C3) as a HMO (House of Multiple Occupation) for up to 4 people (Use Class C4).

    Refused Lawful development 2 docs
    Domestic

  • 176 St Helens Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2LH

    24/00516/CLD Submitted 16 Jul 2024 50 yards away

    Certificate of lawful development for existing use of premises as an HMO (C4 use class) for up to 6 people.

    Granted Lawful development 3 docs

  • Amenity Land Palmerston Court Palmerston Road Ipswich Suffolk

    21/00137/TALF Submitted 9 Feb 2021 50 yards away

    Works to trees protected by TPO 2 of 2019: Maple (T1) - Fell.

    Refused Trees 7 docs

  • 147 St Helens Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2LP

    23/00807/CON Submitted 16 Oct 2023 50 yards away

    Discharge of Condition 2 of Listed Building Consent 23/00556/LBC (Renewal of painted, single-glazed, timber french doors and fanlight over with painted double-glazed timber facsimile french doors to match existing.) relating to joinery drawings.

    Granted Conditions Windows or glazing 2 docs

  • 147 St Helens Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2LP

    23/00556/LBC Submitted 14 Jul 2023 50 yards away

    Renewal of painted, single-glazed, timber french doors and fanlight over with painted double-glazed timber facsimile french doors to match existing. Application of Thermablok Aerogel material to external walls, to both side elevations and to rear elevation. Works to remedy damp wall in WC by to excavating soil to expose brickwork, cleaning and repointing with lime mortar, replacing any defective bricks, and replacing the excavated soil with gravel.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 7 docs

  • 41 Oxford Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1NL

    24/00383/CLD Submitted 29 May 2024 100 yards away

    Certificate of Lawful development for use of single dwelling house (Use Class C3) as a HMO (House of Multiple Occupation) for up to 4 people (Use Class C4).

    Refused Lawful development 2 docs
    Domestic

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    Received 7 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Full applications