Planning application
43 St Johns Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5DE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a Children's Residential Home (Use Class C2), and erection of cycle storage and refuse bin storage.
As published by the council, reference 26/00399/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00399/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Approved/Conditions
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted subject to conditions
- Received
- 22 May 2026
- Validated
- 22 May 2026
- Decided
- 16 Jul 2026
- Ward
- ALEXANDRA
- Parish
- Central Area
- Postcode
- IP4 5DE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ipswich register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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25/00222/FUL Refused
43 St Johns Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5DE
Change of use from single dwellinghouse (use class C3) to 6 bedroom / person HMO (use class C4).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 May 2026
Received by Ipswich
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16 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions
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24 Jul 2026
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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 16 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.
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