A planning application has been submitted to build 11 additional houses for an 85-home development at the former fertilizer factory site in Ipswich. 

Ipswich Borough Council first granted permission for up to 85 homes to be built on the former Norsk Hydro Ltd site in 2019.  

The applicant is currently seeking permission to build a mix of two and three-bedroom houses. 

The plans for 11 homes on 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. 

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

The former Norsk Hydro site off Sandyhill Lane in Ipswich was put on sale in early 2022 after it stood derelict for more than 30 years. 

The rest of the up to 85 homes would be 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.