A decision on plans for 11 additional houses for an 85-home development at the former fertilizer factory site in Ipswich is set to be made by the borough council.

The applicant, United Living, submitted these plans in December last year and is seeking permission to build a mix of two and three-bedroom houses. 

The plans for 11 homes on land off Sandyhill Lane also include setting up vehicular access and parking, as well as some landscaping works. 

The proposed development would provide private garden areas for each dwelling, alongside grassed areas to front gardens. 

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However, there are no plans to provide any affordable houses with this development.

The plans were delayed due to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) constraints on the land, and questions over the toxic materials in the soil left behind by the fertilizer factory.

While no objections to the plans remain, some external and internal standards of the council are not met. 

Although, in a pre-meeting report officers wrote that due to the benefit of housing, the plans "on balance" were acceptable.

This would be in addition to the permission granted by Ipswich Borough Council to build 85 homes on the former Norsk Hydro Ltd site in 2019.  

Those plans have a mix of one-bedroom flats as well as two-, three- and four-bedroom houses. 

The public areas will include a children’s play area complete with play equipment, located “at the heart of the site”.

The play area would have springer seats, rubber ‘boulders’, a climbing structure, and a swinging nest. 

The plans came with an intent to bring life back into the Norsk Hydro site off Sandyhill Lane in Ipswich, and the homes were put on sale in early 2022 after it stood derelict for more than 30 years. 

The council will discuss these plans on Wednesday, June 26.