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Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

Granted Ipswich 25/00599/CALF Works to Trees within Conservation Area

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 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 6 applications since 2019: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00389/LBC Granted

    Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

    Installation of 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels, with bird mesh.

    Decided 30 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 26/00388/FUL Granted

    Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

    Installation of 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels, with bird mesh.

    Decided 30 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 23/00785/FUL Granted

    Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

    Installation of CCTV.

    Decided 17 Nov 2023 Full applications
  • 23/00786/LBC Granted

    Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

    Installation of CCTV.

    Decided 17 Nov 2023 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 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.

    Decided 2 Dec 2019 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Aug 2025

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 1 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions

  3. 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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What 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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