Sometimes, collections can be delayed due to factors out of our control. This includes roadworks, vehicle breakdowns, crew sickness, severe weather or parked cars preventing safe access. Please check here for any known delays in your area.
Whether you already love wildlife, or lockdown has given you a new interest in the world around you, these packs will bring nature to life for children and families!
Ipswich Borough Council and other Suffolk local authorities have been working together on county-wide climate change project work since 2007 through the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership (SCCP).
The Council is committed to making sure that disabled tenants and leaseholders are not disadvantaged when getting access to or using our services. For this reason we will make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for people.
If you were planning to vote in person or are someone’s proxy, but find you can’t visit a polling station, you’ll be able to apply for an emergency proxy vote up until 5pm on polling day.
Ipswich Borough Council, in partnership with The Friends of the Ipswich Museums and the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) are embarking on an ambitious project that aims to breathe new life into the museum, transforming it into an exciting cultural hub filled with energy, activity and debate.
We currently have a range of apprenticeship vacancies available across a wide range of services. The apprenticeships are open to school leavers and those looking to kickstart a new career. Find out more and apply.
This consultation has now closed. Have your say on the proposed Main Modifications to the Ipswich Local Plan, which are intended to address issues of legal compliance and/or soundness.
The Licensing Act 2003 requires each Licensing Authority to prepare a Statement of Licensing Policy that sets out the basis on which it will perform its functions.
Ipswich Borough Council is bringing The Great Big Green Week to Ipswich next week to help inspire residents to make positive changes to tackle climate change and protect green spaces.
The Council has made an Order under Section 5 of the Ipswich Market Act 2004 to prohibit traffic on part of Lloyds Avenue in Ipswich when the market is taking place.
Our Wildlife and Parks teams have created walks around 12 of our parks and open spaces to encourage use of particular paths to avoid disturbance to wildlife, encourage use of under used areas of the parks and improve access to nature for mental health and wellbeing.
Ipswich Borough Council is working with Podback to provide this pioneering new service, enabling you to recycle your coffee pods every week as part of your normal kerbside waste and recycling collections.
Podback is a not-for-profit coffee pod recycling service. Created in partnership with the biggest names in coffee pod systems, Nespresso, NESCAFE Dolce Gusto and Tassimo, to give people who enjoy the quality and taste of coffee pods simple and easy ways to recycle them.
The Low Emissions SPD (adopted November 2021) aims to improve air quality across Ipswich through new development. This will be achieved, where possible, through preventing new emission sources, encouraging emission reductions, and encouraging active travel choices. The adoption of the SPD means changes for how applications will be assessed and introduces additional local validation requirements.
This consultation has now closed.
Formal Consultation Ipswich Borough Council proposals to deal with abandoned shopping trolleys. Environmental Protection Act 1990 – Section 99 and Schedule 4
Our Safer Streets projects are committed to making your streets safer. Funding allows us to implement a range of initiatives and actions, but we all need to play our part in making our streets safer to support #IpswichAgainstViolence
The Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Review 2018-2036 was submitted for Examination on 10 June 2020. Karen Baker DipTP MA DipMP MRTPI and Mike Hayden BSc(Hons) DipTP MRTPI were appointed to hold an independent Examination of the Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Review. The Examination Hearing sessions were held between 24 November and 16 December 2020. Consultation on Main Modifications to the Plan took place between 29 July 2021 and 23 September 2021.
