Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1
- Land size
- 0.17 acres
Key Features
- Freehold/Part Leasehold For Sale
- 18 secure on site car spaces
- Ideal development opportunity - subject to planning/part ground lease
Description
Description:
High profile three storey trade counter/office building with large secure car park. Access off both Portman Road and Handford Road. The building is of solid brick construction under a flat roof.
Ground floor offers a trade counter area with shop front, workshop and stores to the rear with a double door loading protected by a timber canopy.
Both first and second floors have office and storage areas along with kitchen and WC facilities all with LED lighting.
Gas fired central heating serves the building with overhead gas heaters in the workshop on the ground floor.
There is a level difference between the original building and the extension where ramps have been installed or steps.
To the rear of the property is a large car park offering a minimum of 18 car spaces secured by a perimeter wall and gates off both Portman Road and Handford Road.
Services:
all mains services are connected to this property.
Rent:
Price upon application
Terms:
Vat is not applicable to this disposal
Business Rates:
Rateable value for 2025/26 is £23,500 per annum
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-18
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
5.5 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich262 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 407
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Handford Hall Primary School854 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 360
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ranelagh Primary School950 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 281
- Type
- Community school
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 413
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Hillside Primary School0.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 402
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
Secondary
- Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy0.9 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 811
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Chantry Academy1.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,006
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Northgate High School1.8 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,750
- Type
- Community school
- Ormiston Endeavour Academy2 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 793
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Copleston High School2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,930
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Reader Commercial, Ipswich
Hubbard House, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AR
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