284 Felixstowe Road Ipswich Suffolk IP3 9AB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from single dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a seven-person House of Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 7 Jul 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Ipswich Planning & Development Committee on 1 Jul 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the limited frontage could not provide suitable parking, cycle storage and refuse storage without harm.
- Residents raised concerns about overlooking, privacy, noise, parking, waste, overdevelopment, HMO concentration and occupier amenity.
- The committee refused permission because of parking, storage, streetscene and poor shared living-space concerns.
Source: Plota analysis of Ipswich's committee minutes of 1 Jul 2026.
Site constraints 1
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £230,000 in January 2026. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 17% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Ipswich in the last twelve months, from validation. Ipswich decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 12 May 2026
- Comments by
- 2 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 19 May 2026
- Committee
- 1 Jul 2026
Historical activity at this location
12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Ipswich is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #67 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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