Planning application
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels, with bird mesh.
As published by the council, reference 26/00388/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00388/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Approved/Conditions
- Decision
- Granted subject to conditions
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Validated
- 26 May 2026
- Decided
- 30 Jul 2026
- 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.
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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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25/00599/CALF Granted
Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
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.
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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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21 May 2026
Received by Ipswich
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26 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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30 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ipswich granted permission on 30 July 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.
About full applications
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Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD
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