Planning application
25 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AQ
Works: New dwelling Windows or glazing 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
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.
As published by the council, reference 25/00772/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00772/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Approved/Conditions
- Decision
- Granted subject to conditions
- Received
- 31 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 6 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 28 Jan 2026
- Ward
- ALEXANDRA
- Parish
- Central Area
- Postcode
- IP4 1AQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ipswich register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/00754/FUL Granted
25 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AQ
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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Oct 2025
Received by Ipswich
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6 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jan 2026
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
15 documents on file for this application
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Ipswich granted permission on 28 January 2026, 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.
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25 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AQ
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 docsSeveral homes -
20 - 22 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AL
Conversion of existing commercial offices to create three flats with communal spaces.
Granted Full applications New dwelling 15 docsSeveral homes -
20 - 22 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1AL
Conversion of existing commercial offices to create three flats with communal spaces.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling 15 docsSeveral homes -
Former 30 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Discharge of conditions: C2i (Facing Materials); C2ii (Surface water drainage); C2iii (External Paving); C2iv,v (Ecological measures & JKW); C3i,ii,iii,iv (Parking & EVC) and C12 (Photographic Survey); of planning permission ref: 16/01037/FUL.
Granted Conditions 25 docs -
Former 30 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Non-Material Minor Amendment to planning permission ref: 16/01037/FUL comprising the following changes: AOD's amended to AOV's. Refuse door style updated. Security gates added to the Lower Brook Street entrance. Access doors added to the flat roof areas. Third Floor facing material amended to brickwork.
Granted Amendments 2 docs -
Former 30 Lower Brook Street Ipswich Suffolk
Discharge of Conditions: 3(v) (residents' information pack); 5 (external landscaping details); 17 (renewable energy) and 18 (energy and water usage) of planning consent ref: 16/01037/FUL
Split decision Conditions 5 docs
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