Phase two of a major development in Ipswich comprising of more than 1,000 homes is set to be given the go-ahead in the next week.

Ipswich Borough Council will discuss the plans for phase two of the Henley Gate development, which is being constructed in the north of the Suffolk town.

Phase two includes the building of 93 homes, including roads, parking, open spaces and landscaping.

The Henley Gate development, first approved in 2020, comprises of 1,100 homes, a community centre, sports facilities, a country park and a primary school.

The proposal for phase 2b consists of 93 private homes, comprising of two bedroom flats and two-bedroom houses, four-bedroom houses and the majority being three-bedroom houses, planning documents have said.

These will predominantly be two-storey houses.

Included in these plans are provisions for 223 parking spaces.

In March 2023, the council granted permission for 147 flats and houses in the area.

All homes in this development will be designed in line with the 'fabric first' approach involving maximising the performance of the building fabric to reduce running costs for homeowners, improve energy efficiency and reducing carbon emission.

Along with this, the area would also host two schools with 210 students each - which are set to open later this year. 

The open spaces in the plans would include space for allotments, children's play areas and general amenity spaces.

Ipswich Borough Council is set to approve the plans at a meeting on Wednesday subject to a number of conditions.

These include various details being submitted on boundary treatments, utility boxes, location of fire hydrants and soil management.

Also being discussed at the meeting next week is the first phase of another major development happening in Ipswich, involving the first 198 homes to be built of a 815-home development in Westerfield Road.