{"id":612125,"date":"2026-05-30T14:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612125\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:02:21","slug":"plans-to-convert-ipswich-terraced-house-into-six-bed-hmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612125\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans to convert Ipswich terraced house into six-bed HMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Architects have drawn up proposals to convert 363 Norwich Road into a house in multiple occupation, with six bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom, spread across the ground and first floors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The plans show an extended kitchen and conservatory at the back of the property, along with upgraded fire safety measures, including mains-powered linked smoke alarms, fire doors and emergency lighting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Each bedroom would have modern heating controls and at least two double plug sockets, while the kitchen must provide multiple ovens, hobs and sinks, plus a fridge-freezer for every occupant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Existing chimneys and some internal walls would be removed as part of the redesign, with new walls inserted to create the extra rooms.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The application, drawn up by Daking Designs Ltd, states that all work will meet current building regulations and energy-efficiency standards for walls, roofs and floors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ipswich Borough Council will make its decision in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Architects have drawn up proposals to convert 363 Norwich Road into a house in multiple occupation, with six&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-612125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}