3A Westgate Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3DR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of the existing ground floor unit and first floor from Use Class E (Retail) to Use Class F1 (a) (Education). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 29 Apr 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Ipswich Planning & Development Committee on 29 Apr 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because adult education, town-centre activity and public-service infrastructure outweighed policy conflicts over frontage and cycle parking.
- The agent supported the centre as a response to college growth, adult learning demand and the reuse of vacant town-centre space.
- The committee resolved to grant permission with conditions restricting the development to the approved drawings and education use.
Source: Plota analysis of Ipswich's committee minutes of 29 Apr 2026.
Site constraints 4
Show all 39 with distances
- 10 m21, Westgate StreetGrade II
- 35 mCrown and Anchor HotelGrade II
- 35 m8, CornhillGrade II
- 40 mCrown and Anchor HotelGrade II
- 52 mGolden Lion HotelGrade II
- 63 mBuilding Formerly Occupied by H Warner and Son LimitedGrade II
- 64 m31 AND 33, WESTGATE STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 65 m1 and 3, Museum StreetGrade II
- 68 m5 and 7, Museum StreetGrade II
- 73 m9 and 11, Museum StreetGrade II
- 73 mTown HallGrade II
- 78 m7 CornhillGrade II
- 81 m14 and 16, Arcade StreetGrade II
- 82 mNumber 35 Westgate Street and Number 2 Museum StreetGrade II
- 83 mThe ArcadeGrade II
- 84 m10, Museum StreetGrade II
- 86 mOld Museum RoomsGrade II
- 88 m14, Museum StreetGrade II
- 96 m13, CornhillGrade II
- 96 mCorn ExchangeGrade II
- 99 m17, Arcade StreetGrade II
- 99 m4 and 6, Elm StreetGrade II
- 103 m16, Museum StreetGrade II
- 110 m22, Museum StreetGrade II
- 111 m15 CornhillGrade II
- 114 mSwan InnGrade II
- 115 mPost OfficeGrade II
- 116 m18 and 20, Museum StreetGrade II
- 119 m24-30, Museum StreetGrade II
- 121 m40, 40a and 40b, Westgate StreetGrade II
- 121 mWesleyan Methodist ChurchGrade II
- 121 mPremises Occupied by National Westminster BankGrade II
- 134 m32, Museum StreetGrade II
- 136 mNational Westminster BankGrade II
- 138 m17, Blackhorse LaneGrade II
- 138 mChurchyard St Mary's CottageGrade II
- 141 m21, Museum StreetGrade II
- 148 mThe Black Horse InnGrade II
- 149 mChurch of St Mary at the ElmsGrade II*
Checked on 11 September 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 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 54 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
- 18 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 8 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 24 Mar 2026
- Committee
- 29 Apr 2026
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25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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