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Ormiston Endeavour Academy Defoe Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6SG

Granted Ipswich 25/00870/FPC Full Planning Application by SCC

Works: Extension Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for consideration by Suffolk County Council: Construction of a new standalone two-storey 300-place teaching block, demolition of the existing caretaker's bungalow, extension of the existing car park, and associated hard and soft landscaping works (application reference number: SCC/0168/25IP)

As published by the council, reference 25/00870/FPC

Application record

Reference
25/00870/FPC
Type
Full Planning Application by SCC
Status
No Objection
Decision
Permitted
Received
8 Dec 2025
Validated
8 Dec 2025
Decided
29 Dec 2025
Ward
WHITTON
Parish
Northwest Area
Postcode
IP1 6SG

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ipswich register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00315/FPC Granted

    Ormiston Endeavour Academy Defoe Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6SG

    Application for consideration by Suffolk County Council: Construction of a new standalone two-storey 300-place teaching block, demolition of the existing caretaker's bungalow, extension of the existing car park, and associated hard and soft landscaping works (application reference number: SCC/0168/25IP).

    Decided 26 May 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Dec 2025

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 29 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

3 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ipswich granted permission on 29 December 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 full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Ormiston Endeavour Academy Defoe Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6SG

    26/00315/FPC Submitted 7 May 2026 0m away

    Application for consideration by Suffolk County Council: Construction of a new standalone two-storey 300-place teaching block, demolition of the existing caretaker's bungalow, extension of the existing car park, and associated hard and soft landscaping works (application reference number: SCC/0168/25IP).

    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 4 docs

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    22/01000/CON Submitted 29 Nov 2022 130m away

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  • 27 Carlyle Close Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6JL

    21/00429/FUL Submitted 23 Apr 2021 185m away

    Erection of two-storey side extension (following the demolition of outbuildings).

    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 15 docs

  • Whitton Rectory Whitton Church Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6LT

    23/00827/LBC Submitted 23 Oct 2023 224m away

    Opening up of blocked-up fireplace and installation of a double-sided log burner with a black marble (standard) hearth.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 4 docs

  • Whitton Rectory Whitton Church Lane Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6LT

    23/00034/TALF Submitted 13 Jan 2023 224m away

    Works to trees protected by TPO 2 of 1992: Oak - Prune back lateral branches by up to three metres; Sycamore - Prune back lateral branches by up to three metres.

    Granted Trees 2 docs

  • 72 Shenstone Drive Ipswich Suffolk IP1 6NS

    25/00852/FUL Submitted 1 Dec 2025 228m away

    Erection of two-storey side extension.

    Granted Full applications Extension 6 docs

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    14 Jul 2026 Full applications
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    24 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 26/00545/FUL Granted

    78 Chelsworth Avenue Ipswich Suffolk IP4 3AZ

    Demolition of garage and rear extension, and erection of single-storey rear and side extension.

    21 Jul 2026 Full applications
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    First floor frontage alteration to catslide roof to form new first floor room above hallway (first floor front extension). Related roof line alteration and installation of two new windows to the front, and in-fill 1no. side elevation window.

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