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Car Parking And Amenity Area Adjacent To 245 To 297 Hawthorn Drive Ipswich Suffolk

Awaiting decision Ipswich 26/00168/FPI3 Full Planning Application by IBC

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Public realm and accessibility improvements to Hawthorn Drive shopping parade; creation of level access to shopfronts, additional car parking, proposed trees, benches, furniture and paving, rain gardens, drainage connections, and associated works. (Revised red line boundary, description, and plans).

As published by the council, reference 26/00168/FPI3

Application record

Reference
26/00168/FPI3
Type
Full Planning Application by IBC
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
13 Mar 2026
Ward
SPRITES
Parish
Southwest Area

Comment by 1 October 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Ipswich through their own planning portal.

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 13 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Ipswich took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

25 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Ipswich for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Ipswich decided full applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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