Proposals to create a five-bedroom house of multiple occupancy (HMO) in Ipswich have been submitted to planners.
Madison & Harper Capital Ltd is planning to change the use of its current five-bedroom home at 120 London Road, near Halfords.
Documents submitted to Ipswich Borough Council state the applicant wants to alter the existing rooms at the property.
The borough council sets an automatic eight-week target date for a decision on all planning applications it receives.
The council has now issued an Article 4 direction, which the government approved, that will ensure that all developers who want to turn a house into an HMO will need to seek planning permission regardless of the number of occupants.
Since this application falls within those boundaries, it must go through the council to proceed with the plans.
Portfolio holder for planning, councillor Carole Jones, was the one to introduce this direction in an attempt to crack down on the volume of HMOs in Ipswich.
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