Eastern Gateway, Sproughton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1
Key Features
- Direct access to A14
- Port centric location - Felixstowe Port 17 miles
- Up to 28m clear internal height
- Enterprise Zone status with business rates discount
- Outline planning consent granted for B1, B2, B8 uses
- Design & Build packages - 10,000 to 300,000 sq ft
- Freehold & Leasehold options
- Land Sales - 1 to 30 acres
Description
Detailed planning consent has been secured for a five unit scheme which started on site in July 2023, with practical completion achieved June 2024.
The A14 directly links Eastern Gateway with the International Container Port of Felixstowe which lies 17 miles (27 km) to the East and the national motorway network to the West providing access to the Midlands and North. Furthermore, the site lies in close proximity to the Copdock Interchange which connects the A14 with the A12 which in turn provides access to London and the South East.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
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 · available to 17% of premises
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
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery899 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 287
- Type
- Academy converter
- Springfield Junior School0.7 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 354
- Type
- Academy converter
- Whitehouse Community Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 551
- Type
- Academy converter
- Handford Hall Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 360
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ranelagh Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 281
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Chantry Academy1.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,006
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ormiston Endeavour Academy1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 793
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy2 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 811
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Northgate High School2.7 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,750
- Type
- Community school
- Claydon High School2.9 milesOfsted report card · Dec 2025
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 765
- 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
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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Interchange Place Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2TA
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