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The Planning & Development Committee at Ipswich Borough Council met yesterday to discuss six applications.

Construction work on an improvement scheme in Arras Square is set to begin this month, following the appointment of a main contractor.

This year's line-up for Ipswich Music Day has been revealed.

Delivered by Ipswich Borough Council’s Community Participation team and partners, the initiative will welcome up to 1,300 Year Six pupils (aged 10–11) from schools across the town.

Registered during the week ending 28 May 2026.

At the Annual Meeting of Ipswich Borough Council on Wednesday 27 May, the new Mayor of Ipswich for 2026-27 was confirmed as Councillor Pat Bruce-Browne.

Have your say in the next chapter for Ipswich as consultation launches on proposals for a Town Council.

Ipswich Borough Council is pleased to share progress on the town centre greening project, which is transforming key streets with new planting and greener spaces.

Ipswich is set to come alive with colour, music and global flavours this summer as once again the One Big Multicultural Festival returns to Alexandra Park on Sunday 30 August

This summer, The Hay Wain - one of the most famous and instantly recognisable landscape paintings in British art - leaves its home in the National Gallery, London to travel to Suffolk for the first time.