Fonnereau - Delivery and Planning Information

Outline Planning Permission- IP/14/00638/OUTFL 

Outline Planning Permission was granted on 31st January 2020 relating to land South of the Railway Line, Westerfield Road.  This permission covers the land highlighted in the below image and covers a large proportion of the Fonnereau Neighbourhood:

This grants Outline Permission (with all matters reserved) for 815 dwellings alongside, a new primary school, a district centre comprising a mix of retail and office space, green spaces and a new community centre. This application was determined by Planning and Development Committee in April 2018 and a Section 106 Legal Agreement was completed on 30th January 2020.

A full summary of the proposed development and all the information submitted is available to view with the application on the below link. This includes the Committee Report, Officer Update Report, and Decision Notice.

View planning application IP/14/00638/OUTFL

Reserved Matters Applications

The following reserved matters pursuant to the outline planning permission have been approved:

• Core Infrastructure for Phases 1-4 and A-C – Submission for the Reserved Matters for the Core Infrastructure for Phases 1, 2, 3, 4, A, B, and C which comprises two site accesses off Westerfield Road, main spine road, drainage features including basins, swales, foul drainage routes, pumping stations and other associated works was approved on 16th January 2023.  To view the application and decision notice please click on the following link- IP/22/00036/REM. Please click on the following link to view the Committee Papers, Agenda and Minutes.

• Phase 1- Submission of Reserved Matters Application for Phase 1 comprising 198 dwellings, roads, parking, open space, landscaping, earthworks and other associated works. The application was approved on the 30th August 2024.  To view the decision notice and application, please click on the following link IP/23/00977/REM. The Application was considered by Planning and Development Committee on Wednesday 24th July 2024. Please click on the following link to view the Committee Agenda, Papers and Minutes (when available). 

Railway Bridges

The application for the construction of one vehicular bridge and one pedestrian and cycle bridge over the existing railway line was approved on the 8th August 2022. To view the application details and decision notice please click on the following link IP/22/00459/FUL. Please click on the following link to view the Committee Papers and Minutes. An application to vary condition 1 of IP/22/00459/FUL was approved on the 15th February 2023. This allowed for an increase in height to the pedestrian and cycle bridge. Please click on the following link to view the application IP/22/00985/VC. The two bridges will form part of  the Henley Gate Neighbourhood and the Fonnereau Neighbourhood of Ipswich Garden Suburb and are associated with the approved outline planning permissions IP/14/00638/OUTFL and IP/16/00608/OUT.

The two bridges are under construction and are not yet available for public use. A temporary diversion of Public Footpath 18 is in place as approved under application IP/21/00486/CON which discharged condition 18 (Temporary Rail Crossing Diversion Strategy) of IP/14/00638/OUTFL.

Discharge of Conditions

The following conditions attached to the Outline Planning Permission IP/14/00638/OUTFL have been approved:

• Condition 10: Site Wide Phasing Strategy- details approved on the 1st July 2024 under application IP/24/00059/CON. This Strategy replaces a previously approved Strategy under application IP/21/01256/CON and altered the distribution of affordable housing and areas for Phases 1 and 2.
• Condition 11: Overarching Design Code- details approved on 27th May 2022 under application IP/21/00939/CON.
• Condition 12: Phase 1-3 Design Code- details approved on 8th September 2022 under application IP/22/00166/CON.
• Condition 13: Site Wide Foul and Surface Water Drainage Strategy- details approved on the 9th March 2022 under application IP/21/00926/CON.
• Condition 14: Site Wide Energy Strategy- details approved on 15th September 2022 under application IP/21/01257/CON.
• Condition 15: Site Wide Ecology Strategy- details approved on the 20th July 2022 under application IP/21/01258/CON. Please note the approved Strategy is not available on our website due to it containing confidential information about badgers. 
• Condition 16: Skylark Mitigation Strategy- details approved on 21st July 2022 under application IP/21/01275/CON.
• Condition 17: Site Wide Archaeology Strategy- details approved on 30th June 2021 under application IP/21/00419/CON.
• Condition 18: Temporary Rail Crossing Diversion Strategy- details approved on 23rd August 2021 under application IP/21/00486/CON.
• Condition 23: Construction Environmental Management Plan: Biodiversity- details for the Interim Works, Phase 1 were approved on 29th June 2021 under application IP/21/00363/CON.
• Condition 25: Programme of Archaeological Work and Written Scheme of Investigation- Phase 1 (Part Discharge) - details approved on 6th July 2021 under application IP/21/00420/CON.
• Condition 27: Contaminated Land (Part Discharge)- details approved on the 6th July 2022 under application IP/22/00213/CON.
• Condition 28: Community Development Strategy- details approved (part) on the 27th September 2022 under application IP/21/01073/CON.
• Condition 28: Community Development Strategy- details approved (part) on the 1st September 2023 under application IP/22/00846/CON.
• Condition 31: Northern Access- details approved on 29th January 2024 under application IP/21/01074/CON
• Condition 32: Southern Signal-Controlled Access- details approved on 29th January 2024 under application IP/21/01074/CON

Other applications to discharge the pre-commencement conditions of the outline planning permission IP/14/00638/OUTFL are currently under consideration. These include:

• Condition 24: Full Construction Environmental Management Plan 
• Condition 29: Landscape and Ecological Management Plan
• Condition 30: Ecological Design Strategy

The rest of Fonnereau Neighbourhood

The remaining part of the Fonnereau Neighbourhood is Ipswich School's playing field.

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