IP1 2DB Ipswich

Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Gipping. Region: East of England.

Streets

No addresses are linked to this postcode in the ONS UPRN Directory.

Council tax

What each band costs in Ipswich in 2026-27: Band D £2,468 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
£1,646	£1,920	£2,194	£2,468	£3,017	£3,565	£4,114	£4,937

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (66% of about 1,250 homes).

A66%

B21%

C7%

D2%

E2%

F1%

G1%

H0%

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

Bus Depot, Sir Alf Ramsey Way: up to 48 homes, not permissioned (240 m)
West End Road Surface Car Park: up to 67 homes, not permissioned (290 m)
84 Princes Street, permissioned (300 m)
Waste tip north of Sir Alf Ramsey Way: up to 114 homes, not permissioned (380 m)
Car Parking and Amenity Area adjacent to Pooleys Yard, Ranelagh Road: up to 111 homes, pending decision (390 m)
British Telecom, Bibb Way IP1 2EQ, permissioned (400 m)
Former Police Station site, Elm Street: up to 58 homes, not permissioned (410 m)
38 Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1RJ: up to 5 homes, permissioned (410 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.

Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

No Ofcom figures for this postcode.