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Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

Granted Ipswich 26/00389/LBC Listed Building Consent

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 26/00389/LBC

Application record

Reference
26/00389/LBC
Type
Listed Building Consent
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.

  • 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
  • 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.

    Decided 1 Oct 2025 Trees
  • 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. 21 May 2026

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 26 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 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

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 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 heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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