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Council acquires 69 homes for older Ipswich residents
Ipswich Borough Council has acquired Giles Place, a development of 69 one-bedroom and studio apartments designed specifically for older residents, to be let at affordable rents.
Ipswich Borough Council
Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, Suffolk.
Long Reads
Inside Ipswich council chief's seven-week push for City of Culture
Seven weeks. Four shortlist places. One shot. Here is the inside scoop on Ipswich's City of Culture 2029 bid, and the people and decisions that will define it.
Long Reads
Planning Ipswich's future in the shadow of local government reorganisation
Ipswich Borough Council is legally required to begin writing a new blueprint for the town's future development, but the authority doing the writing may not exist by the time it's finished. It's one of the more peculiar and consequential paradoxes thrown up by local government reorganisation.
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'Commercially sensitive' regeneration grants approved but opposition councillors expected to challenge decision
Ipswich Borough Council approved £1.284m in regeneration grants yesterday, but we can exclusively reveal that the decision for one application, believed to be around £750k, faces an imminent challenge, with opposition councillors expected to call it in over concerns about the use of public funds.
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Council parking charges to rise from 20 July
Ipswich Borough Council has approved increases to parking charges at its off-street car parks and on-street bays, with new tariffs taking effect from 20 July 2026.
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Council votes to back Ipswich Central in BID ballot
Ipswich Borough Council has voted to support the renewal of the town centre Business Improvement District, backing a fifth consecutive five-year term that would see Ipswich Central manage a £4.6m programme of town centre investment between 2027 and 2032.
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Ipswich names new City of Culture bid director as council takes lead
Ipswich has appointed Amy Vaughan as Bid Director and voted to create a new company to lead its UK City of Culture 2029 campaign, with a detailed bid due to be submitted in August.
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Ipswich alcohol order consultation to launch next week
Ipswich Borough Council has agreed to launch a public consultation on extending the borough-wide order that gives officers the power to tackle alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in public spaces, with views being sought from 23 June.
Long Reads
Could this little-known law be the key to unlocking the regeneration of Ipswich's town centre?
Boarded-up shops have become part of the furniture in Ipswich town centre. A little-known law could be about to change that, and for the first time, the council looks ready to use it.
Opinion
Ipswich cannot regenerate its town centre while treating its car parks as a cash machine
Ipswich Borough Council's strategy promises to make the town centre "vibrant, inclusive, and a great place to live, work, and visit." Its parking strategy is to charge a little more every year. At some point, it needs to address the obvious contradiction.
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Council set to increase town centre parking charges again
Ipswich Borough Council is proposing to increase parking charges across its off-street car parks and on-street bays from 20 July 2026, with hourly rates set to rise by 10p. It follows a similar increase to last year.
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HMO plans for fire-hit St Helens Street buildings refused
Plans to convert two fire-damaged buildings in Ipswich into a 16-bed shared home have been refused by councillors, who overturned officer advice and dismissed the proposal as "nonsense."