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# HMO seeks retrospective planning for former care home on Felixstowe Road
- URL: https://www.ipswich.co.uk/hmo-seeks-retrospective-planning-for-former-care-home-on-felixstowe-road/
- Published: 2025-02-24T07:54:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-16T15:20:21.000Z
- Description: A former Ipswich care home, which closed following poor ratings in 2023, has been operating as a house in multiple occupancy (HMO) without prior planning permission.
- Author: Oliver Rouane-Williams
- Tags: News, Planning & Licensing, #article, #Import 2026-03-16 14:45

**Why it matters:** The application seeks to formally change the use of the former Warren Heath Residential Home from a care facility to a house in multiple occupancy (HMO) for 19 people.

![The former Warren Heath Care Home on Felixstowe Road in Ipswich is now operating as a HMO](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/1e/291e4b7f-e551-4458-b546-61963954b22f/content/images/2026/03/1740328898-former-warren-heath-care-home-hmo-on-felixstowe-road-1.jpg)

The former Warren Heath Care Home on Felixstowe Road in Ipswich is now operating as a HMO Photo: Oliver Rouane-Williams (Ipswich.co.uk)

**The details:** The property, located just off Felixstowe Road, will maintain its existing 19 bedrooms - the same number it had when operating as a care home.

**For context:** The care home was closed in July 2023 following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in March 2023 that rated the service as "inadequate".

**The bottom line:** The application confirms no material changes will be made to the building, with the submission focusing solely on formalising the change of use.

**Planning reference:** IP/24/00758/FUL

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