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Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Suffolk, England.It is the second tier of a two-tier system, fulfilling functions such as refuse collection, housing and planning, with Suffolk County Council providing county council services such as transport, education and social services.
Grafton House (known as Ipswich Borough Council HQ) is the headquarters for Ipswich Borough Council and Smartest Energy. [1] Located on Russell Road opposite Endeavour House, Grafton House is a 6-storey building and was designed by Consarc Consulting Architects and construction was completed in 2006 as part of the Ipswich Village Development.
The building is situated at 8 Russell Road, opposite Ipswich Borough Council's headquarters at Grafton House. Portman Road Stadium is situated behind the building. There is some limited surface car parking for permit holders but there is also a large multistorey car park shared with Ipswich Borough Council with access from Constantine Road.
Development Management (DM), formerly known as planning control, or development control, is the element of the United Kingdom's system of town and country planning through which local government or the Secretary of State, regulates land use and new building, i.e. development.
In March 2021, Ipswich Borough Council approved plans from Handford Homes, a housing company owned by Ipswich Borough Council, for 96 new homes on areas U, V, and W. There is a lot of criticism about the plans, due to the high number of social homes in the same place, potentially breaking the 35:65 social to private home plan that made the ...
The 2024 Ipswich Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Ipswich Borough Council in Suffolk, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections . There were 18 seats were up for election, 16 being the usual third of the council (last elected in 2021) and two being by-elections.
An Ipswich Society blue plaque was installed on the Town Hall in 2016 commemorating Mary Whitmore, the first woman to be Mayor of Ipswich, in 1946. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The council built itself a new civic centre on Civic Drive in 1970 to serve as its main offices, but continued to use the town hall for full council meetings. [ 6 ]
Prior to 2020, Ipswich City Council was composed of a directly elected mayor and 10 single-member wards (or divisions), both using optional preferential voting. [3] In July 2019, it was announced that the 10 single-member wards would be replaced by four two-member wards, reducing the total amount of councillors to eight. [3]