Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

Awaiting decision Ipswich 26/00725/CON Conditions under Planning Permission

Works: Demolition Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Relates to 21/00524/LBC

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

Proposal

Discharge of condition 2(ix) of IP/21/00524/LBC Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities - layout and specification of external and internal lighting.

As published by the council, reference 26/00725/CON

Application record

Reference
26/00725/CON
Type
Conditions under Planning Permission
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
21 Sep 2026
Validated
22 Sep 2026
Ward
WESTGATE
Parish
Central Area
Postcode
IP1 3QH

Comment by 13 October 2026

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

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ipswich register

This site has had 13 applications since 2021: 12 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/00745/CON Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Discharge of Condition 2 (ix) of Listed Building Consent 21/00524/LBC (Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.) relating to external lighting.

    Decided 19 Nov 2025 Conditions
  • 25/00235/CON Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Discharge of conditions 2(vi and vii) of planning permission 21/00524/LBC (Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.) relating to materials for seating, terrace, balustrades, flooring, railings and gates.

    Decided 23 Jun 2025 Conditions
  • 25/00087/CON Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Discharge of Condition 2 (viii) of Listed Building Consent IP/21/00524/LBC (Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.) relating to details of new wall pier/sculpture plinth.

    Decided 10 Mar 2025 Conditions
  • 25/00069/CON Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Discharge of Condition 2 (v) of Listed Building Consent IP/21/00524/LBC (Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.) relating to design and materials for new door to the terrace from the café.

    Decided 10 Mar 2025 Conditions
  • 25/00068/CON Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Discharge of Condition 2(iv) of Listed Building Consent IP/21/00524/LBC (Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.) relating to materials for North and South infill structures.

    Decided 10 Mar 2025 Conditions
  • 24/00574/LBC Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.

    Decided 17 Sep 2024 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 24/00352/CALF Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Works to trees: Judas Tree - fell to stump; Yew Tree - cut back from building by 3m; Group of Sycamores - fell dead trees and reduce branches overhanging the buildings by 3m.

    Decided 19 Jun 2024 Trees
  • 24/00345/CALF Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Works to trees: Judas Tree (T1) - fell; Sycamores (G1) - fell.

    Decided 12 Jun 2024 Trees
  • 24/00294/CON Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Discharge of Condition 2 (i. Method for the protection and repair/replacement of internal historic features) of Listed Building 21/00524/LBC: Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.

    Decided 10 May 2024 Conditions
  • 24/00269/CON Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Discharge of Condition 3 of planning permission 21/00523/FPI3 (Landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; new stair and plant room on the northern elevation of the museum to replace the existing ad hoc structures and plant room; improved staff and visitor circulation and spaces on the southern side of the museum.) relating to Construction Management.

    Decided 5 Jun 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Sep 2026

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 22 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 November 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 21/00524/LBC Granted

    Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.

    Decided 8 Jul 2021 Heritage and listed buildings

Documents

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

3 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.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    24/00574/LBC Submitted 9 Aug 2024 50 yards away

    Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Demolition 25 docs
    Small domestic
  • Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    24/00294/CON Submitted 19 Apr 2024 50 yards away

    Discharge of Condition 2 (i. Method for the protection and repair/replacement of internal historic features) of Listed Building 21/00524/LBC: Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.

    Granted Conditions Demolition 2 docs
    Small domestic
  • Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    25/00235/CON Submitted 25 Mar 2025 50 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 2(vi and vii) of planning permission 21/00524/LBC (Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.) relating to materials for seating, terrace, balustrades, flooring, railings and gates.

    Granted Conditions Demolition 4 docs
    Small domestic
  • Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    21/00523/FPI3 Submitted 13 May 2021 50 yards away

    Landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; new stair and plant room on the northern elevation of the museum to replace the existing ad hoc structures and plant room; improved staff and visitor circulation and spaces on the southern side of the museum.

    Granted Full applications 45 docs
    Small domestic
  • Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    21/00524/LBC Submitted 13 May 2021 50 yards away

    Reconfiguration of interior spaces; insertion of a new internal passenger lift and staircase; raising of the timber floor in places to mitigate level differences; creation of new openings in existing walls; landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; slight modification to the front entrance; demolition of ad hoc spaces and structures; new toilet facilities.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Demolition 45 docs
    Small domestic
  • Ipswich Museum High Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3QH

    24/00269/CON Submitted 11 Apr 2024 50 yards away

    Discharge of Condition 3 of planning permission 21/00523/FPI3 (Landscaping works including the creation of ramps and a terrace for outdoor seating, repair work and minor additions to the boundary wall and the insertion of new railings; the insertion of a new door in the exterior wall of the museum; new stair and plant room on the northern elevation of the museum to replace the existing ad hoc structures and plant room; improved staff and visitor circulation and spaces on the southern side of the museum.) relating to Construction Management.

    Granted Conditions 2 docs
    Small domestic

In Ipswich

  • 26/00338/CON Granted

    92 - 94 Fore Hamlet Ipswich Suffolk IP3 8AF

    Discharge of conditions 2, 6 and 8 and planning permission IP/25/00902/FUL (Conversion of mixed-use building (Use Class E to ground floor and Use Class C3 to first floor), to 11 no. bed HMO (Sui Generis), and associated alterations.) relating to construction phase plan, sound insulation and ground floor front elevation windows.

    Received 12 May, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00719/CON Awaiting decision

    33 Butter Market Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1BH

    Discharge of Condition 2 (details for ground floor door) of application 24/00198/VC: Variation of Condition 1 of Listed Building Consent 21/00329/LBC (Change of use of top two storeys from retail premises (E(a)) to residential flat (C3a), insertion of additional door to front elevation and internal staircase and erection of first floor rear extension and balcony) to refer to revised plans in the Heritage and Design and Access Statement and numbered 202 C in lieu of 201 G and 202 B.

    Received 18 Sep, published by the council 26 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00718/CON Awaiting decision

    Land To South Of Railway Line Westerfield Road Ipswich Suffolk

    Application to discharge condition 13 (Street Name Plates) of Reserved Matters IP/22/00036/REM (related to Outline Permission IP/14/00638/OUTFL).

    Received 18 Sep, published by the council 26 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00715/CON Awaiting decision

    33 Butter Market Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1BH

    Discharge of Conditions 2 (details for ground floor door) and 3 (construction management strategy) of application 24/00197/VC: Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission 21/00328/FUL (Change of use of top two storeys from retail premises (E(a)) to residential flat (C3a), insertion of additional door to front elevation and internal staircase and erection of first-floor rear extension and balcony) to refer to revised plans in the Heritage and Design and Access Statement and numbered 202 C in lieu of 201 G and 202 B.

    Received 18 Sep, published by the council 26 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00708/CON Awaiting decision

    Highway Land Outside 17 Tavern Street Ipswich Suffolk

    Discharge of Condition 2 of planning permission IP/25/00477/FUL (The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).) relating to anti-social management.

    Received 16 Sep, published by the council 23 Sep 2026 Conditions