12 Bishops Hill Ipswich Suffolk IP3 8EN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Development of 1 No. Self-Build Dwelling, Access , and Landscaping (all matters reserved except access). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 25 Sept 2025 · Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Ipswich Planning & Development Committee on 17 Sept 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the dwelling would provide sustainable self-build housing, with reserved matters and mitigation securing acceptable impacts.
- Residents raised concerns about trees, biodiversity, character, neighbouring amenity, construction disturbance and boundary treatments.
- The committee resolved to grant outline permission subject to RAMS mitigation and conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Ipswich's committee minutes of 17 Sept 2025.
Site constraints 5
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- 50 mBoundary Wall, Gatepiers and Gate at Upland Gate (Number 39), Facing Bishops Hill.Grade II
- 101 mUplandsGrade II
Checked on 1 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 78 days from validation, 5 days slower than Ipswich's median of 73 for outline applications. Approved, as 60% of outline applications here are.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Ipswich to go on. Ipswich decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 9 Jul 2025
- Comments by
- 30 Jul 2025
- Site or press notice
- 15 Jul 2025
- Committee
- 17 Sept 2025
Ipswich is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #67 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
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