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Website update: choose your IAS news subscriptions

Choose the IAS website updates you receive You can now subscribe by email to the IAS website topics that interest you: To sign up, open our website subscription form, enter your email address and select one or more categories. Choose all four if you would like every type of update. After submitting the form, check your inbox and click the confirmation link to complete your subscription. If the email doesn’t arrive, check your spam folder. You can change your choices or stop website updates through the Manage website updates link in our emails. Website subscriptions are separate from IAS membership

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Why has the Council introduced a minimum £250 charge to clear a plot?

1st January 2026 Ipswich Borough Council (IBC) introduced a new charging regime last year to overcome the the issues associated with waste left behind when a tenant vacates a plot or is evicted.They will charge a minimum of £250 per plot to cover the removal of waste and clearing of the plot that has not been left in a tidy and cultivated state.In this scenario, the tenant was evicted and had been granted extra time to remove items and vacate the plots – there were two plots adjacent to each other. The eviction was effective at midnight on 31st December

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