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Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

Awaiting decision Ipswich 26/00741/FUL Full Application

Relates to 26/00388/FUL

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Proposal

Installation of external battery pack and associated cabling, to serve 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels to the roof of Grade I listed Unitarian Meeting House, as per planning approval 26/00388/FUL.

As published by the council, reference 26/00741/FUL

Application record

Reference
26/00741/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
28 Sep 2026
Validated
30 Sep 2026
Ward
ALEXANDRA
Parish
Central Area
Postcode
IP1 1TD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ipswich register

This site has had 8 applications since 2019: 6 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00742/LBC Awaiting decision

    Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

    Installation of external battery pack and associated cabling, to serve 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels to the roof of Grade I listed Unitarian Meeting House, as per listed building consent 26/00389/LBC.

    Submitted 25 Sep 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 26/00389/LBC Granted

    Unitarian Meeting House Friars Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TD

    Installation of 32 no. photovoltaic solar panels, with bird mesh.

    Decided 30 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 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. 28 Sep 2026

    Received by Ipswich

  2. 30 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 25 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

  • 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

Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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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 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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