Bourne Bridge Service Station Wherstead Road Ipswich Suffolk IP2 8LR Data via plota.co.uk

26/00825/FUL - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Single-storey carport side extension and new 5no. compressor units on top of flat roof (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Nov 2026
✓
Validated
3 Nov 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 24 Dec 2026, from Ipswich's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 24 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve about 253 m away: Stour and Orwell Estuaries
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI about 253 m away: Orwell Estuary SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; National landscape about 249 m away: Suffolk Coast & Heaths; Inside the Ipswich built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 4 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

Council
Ipswich
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
IP2 8LR
Received
2 Nov 2026
Validated
3 Nov 2026
Ward
BRIDGE
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 2 of the 56-day target. Ipswich usually decides extensions by day 51.

Day 254 days to the 56-day target
77%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
219decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Ipswich in the last twelve months, from validation. Ipswich decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Nov 2026
Comments by
24 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
10 Nov 2026
Ipswich
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#38 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Ipswich decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #40 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #18 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #67 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #129 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
27 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
62 decided
429
Total decisions
27 refused in the year to March 2026