A NURSING home which shut down after a third inadequate rating is now being advertised as bedsits.

Dozens of objections have flooded in over the move by the owners of the building at Elm Royd Nursing Home in Brighouse.

The home, which closed in June after elderly residents had been found alternative accommodation, is currently on the market with a guide price of £700,000.

Owned by B&H Vincent LLP, the firm has now applied to Calderdale Council planners to change its use to a house of multiple occupation, turning the 42 bedrooms into bedsits.

Despite no decision from the authority, rooms in the building are being advertised on SpareRoom for £280 a month, with a special discount for those signing up in August.

A number of people in the area have objected to the move.

One said: "From things I have read about HMOs and things I have watched on television, HMOs are subject to upsets and thefts and attract young males who haven't jobs and have too much time on their hands.

"This area with young families and elderly people is not the right setting for this type of accommodation.

"It is not as if this is meant for students at university."

Another, living at a nearby retirement complex, said: "The majority of Elmwood residents are elderly. A transient population of noisy, active younger people is the very last kind of neighbour envisaged when they bought their retirement properties.

"The quiet surroundings and lack of through traffic was an important feature, providing a level of safety for vulnerable people.

"The proposed accommodation in the form of 42 rented bedsits will be completely out-of-character with all the surrounding houses, which are privately owned."

In planning documents, B&H Vincent states: "The home has reverted to the owners who seek to operate the building as an HMP with 42 letting rooms. No changes to the external structure or elevations are planned.

"There will be a programme of interior works schedule to meet current HMO requirements, and thereafter, to bring about continuous improvement to facilities."

The report adds: "The accommodation with particularly suit professionals working in the locality.

"Prospective tenants undergo an application process which will establish suitability and which will involve the taking of references where appropriate and the carrying out of background checks related to previous living arrangements. In all cases sustainable tenancies will be sought."

The company also believes that traffic to and from the site will be significantly lowers than when used as a care home.

A decision is expected by Council planners by the first week in September.

The former nursing home in Brighouse Wood Lane, which was registered to care for up to 50 older people including those with dementia, was inspected by the Care Quality Commission in October 2015, December 2016, and again in June - and received the same inadequate rating each time following a catalogue of failings.