St Joseph’s College Mixed Use Development Planning Submission

July 26, 2021

A planning application has been submitted to Ipswich Borough Council for a mixed use redevelopment of land at St Joseph’s College, Ipswich. The application comprises:

A new Boarding House adjacent to Emmanuel Close and Birkfield Drive.
The conversion of Goldrood House and Mews Cottages into 16 new apartments and houses.
The demolition of the existing 1960s boarding block.
35 new environmentally sustainable residential dwellings within new parkland public open space.
A new public woodland footpath will link from Belstead Road to Stone Lodge Lane.

The application follows many months of development and public consultation, and close collaboration with the design team:

Heritage: Turley

Landscape: Lucy Batchelor-Wylam

Arboriculture: Haydens

Ecology: MHE Consulting

Site Investigation: Gemco

Planning Consultant: Boyer

Civil Engineering: Ingent Engineers

Transport: Cannon Consulting Engineers

Energy/Zero Carbon: Johns Slater and Haward Building Services Consultant

New Boarding Accommodation Design

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Craig Western

Director / Architect

Craig Western is a Director and Architect with Wincer Kievenaar. Graduating from the University of Sheffield he later joined the Practice in 2012 and has 18 years experience.

Craig has worked across all RIBA Work Stages under both traditional and Design & Build procurement routes. His career has involved working across many sectors and of mixed scale during his time at various architectural practices.

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