43 St Johns Road Ipswich Suffolk IP4 5DE Data via plota.co.uk
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. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Jul 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £178,450 in May 2025. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 83% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Ipswich in the last twelve months, from validation. Ipswich decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 26 May 2026
- Comments by
- 16 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 2 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
21 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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