diff --git a/app/notifications/process_notifications.py b/app/notifications/process_notifications.py
index 492e62d19..a6d1137ce 100644
--- a/app/notifications/process_notifications.py
+++ b/app/notifications/process_notifications.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ from flask import current_app
 
 from notifications_utils.recipients import (
     get_international_phone_info,
-    validate_and_format_phone_number
+    validate_and_format_phone_number,
+    format_email_address
 )
 
 from app import redis_store
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ def persist_notification(
         notification.international = recipient_info.international
         notification.phone_prefix = recipient_info.country_prefix
         notification.rate_multiplier = recipient_info.billable_units
+    elif notification_type == EMAIL_TYPE:
+        notification.normalised_to = format_email_address(notification.to)
 
     # if simulated create a Notification model to return but do not persist the Notification to the dB
     if not simulated:
diff --git a/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py b/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py
index 100adf6fa..2f66ef457 100644
--- a/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py
+++ b/tests/app/notifications/test_process_notification.py
@@ -383,3 +383,32 @@ def test_persist_sms_notification_stores_normalised_number(
 
     assert persisted_notification.to == recipient
     assert persisted_notification.normalised_to == expected_recipient_normalised
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('recipient, expected_recipient_normalised', [
+    ('FOO@bar.com', 'foo@bar.com'),
+    ('BAR@foo.com', 'bar@foo.com')
+
+])
+def test_persist_email_notification_stores_normalised_email(
+    sample_job,
+    sample_api_key,
+    mocker,
+    recipient,
+    expected_recipient_normalised
+):
+    persist_notification(
+        template_id=sample_job.template.id,
+        template_version=sample_job.template.version,
+        recipient=recipient,
+        service=sample_job.service,
+        personalisation=None,
+        notification_type='email',
+        api_key_id=sample_api_key.id,
+        key_type=sample_api_key.key_type,
+        job_id=sample_job.id,
+    )
+    persisted_notification = Notification.query.all()[0]
+
+    assert persisted_notification.to == recipient
+    assert persisted_notification.normalised_to == expected_recipient_normalised