Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, Suffolk.
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Ipswich Borough Council will keep subsidising some bus services for another three years after executive councillors dismissed concerns over the cost of some routes, calling the support a "no-brainer".
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Ipswich Borough Council was awarded £875,000 in September 2023 to deliver a creative hub – leader Neil MacDonald called it an "exciting initiative." Three years on, the council got as far as agreeing heads of terms with a tenant – but no lease was ever signed, and no plan has replaced it.
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Ipswich Borough Council's executive will decide on Tuesday, 11 August, whether to continue funding a range of subsidised evening, Sunday and bank holiday bus services for three more years.
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Ipswich Borough Council has appointed a development partner to draw up plans for the western gateway to the waterfront, covering Paul's Silo, the former Burtons building and St Peter's Dock car park.
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Ipswich Borough Council's Executive is being asked to approve the next stage of two proposed housing developments that could deliver more than 100 new affordable homes in the town.
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Win or lose its bid to become the 2029 City of Culture, local businesses are being asked to fund a "city of culture" regardless. Can the council convince a cash-strapped private sector to look beyond its past performance and fund its ten-year culture strategy?
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Despite officers recommending approval, Ipswich councillors said they had "quite a lot of sympathy" for objecting residents, deferring a petrol station redevelopment on Woodbridge Road over unresolved road safety and noise concerns.
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Plans to turn a family home on Cecil Road into a six-bedroom house in multiple occupation have been refused, after council officers warned its only kitchen would be so cramped it could pose a safety hazard.
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Work begins on Monday, 17 August, on a new bug and nature-themed play area at Ellenbrook Park, part of Ipswich Borough Council's £3.5m Play Area Strategy to improve play facilities across the town.
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The ramp linking Merchants Yard to Princes Street was complete in 2024. It has never opened. Suffolk Highways closed the adjoining pavement, deeming it unsafe, and no repair date has been given since.
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A council waste collection officer walked into an Ipswich woman's town centre home while she was topless on Thursday, 9 July – the second time it has happened in three years. She says the council's response left her feeling "victim-blamed".
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With council budgets under growing strain, Ipswich Borough Council says catching fraud is now more critical than ever after its fraud team protected £5.1 million of public resources last year.
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