Planning application
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to trees: Reduce 4x Lime to 1.5m below roofline of Meeting House with structural pollard of T1 & T2 to retain scaffold limbs and removing foliage and reducing; lateral spread by up to 2m, and full pollard of T36 and 37 to monolith removing all limbs.
As published by the council, reference 25/00599/CALF
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00599/CALF
- Type
- Works to Trees within Conservation Area
- Status
- Approved/Conditions
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted subject to conditions
- Received
- 28 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 28 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 1 Oct 2025
- Ward
- ALEXANDRA
- Parish
- Central Area
- Postcode
- IP1 1TD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ipswich register
This site has had 8 applications since 2019: 6 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00741/FUL Awaiting decision
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Installation of external battery pack and associated cabling, to serve 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels to the roof of Grade I listed Unitarian Meeting House, as per planning approval 26/00388/FUL.
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26/00742/LBC Awaiting decision
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Installation of external battery pack and associated cabling, to serve 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels to the roof of Grade I listed Unitarian Meeting House, as per listed building consent 26/00389/LBC.
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26/00389/LBC Granted
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Installation of 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels, with bird mesh.
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26/00388/FUL Granted
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Installation of 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels, with bird mesh.
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23/00785/FUL Granted
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Installation of CCTV.
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23/00786/LBC Granted
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Installation of CCTV.
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19/00944/LBC Granted
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Alterations to listed building to remove and replace render, carry out structural repairs, install internal insulation, replacement window frames and repairs to others and re-roof.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Aug 2025
Received by Ipswich
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1 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ipswich granted permission on 1 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.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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