Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed11 June 20266003778

Land Fronting 5 To 32, London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1BA

Planning appeal 6003778 at Land Fronting 5 To 32, London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1BA (East Suffolk Council) was allowed on 11 June 2026 by Inspector R Gee, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: whether the proposal would conserve or enhance the character or appearance of the South Lowestoft Conservation Area.

the installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated BT payphones

Authority
East Suffolk Council
Appeal type
advert · Commercial advertisement
Procedure
Written
Development
utilities-energy
Inspector
R Gee
Postcode
NR32 1BA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Appeal A: whether the proposal would conserve or enhance the character or appearance of the South Lowestoft Conservation Area
  • Appeal B: the effect of the proposed advertisement on the visual amenity of the area

What decided it

The proposed hub and advertisement screens would preserve the character and appearance of the South Lowestoft Conservation Area by introducing a modern, functional element that would not appear dominant or create visual clutter within the existing commercial streetscape.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
WLP8.29WLP8.39LOW14
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 123Paragraph 135

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

30 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in East Suffolk

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed29 October 20266002993
    17 Market Place, Southwold, IP18 6EB
  2. Dismissed29 October 20266002990
    17 Market Place, Southwold, IP18 6EB
  3. Dismissed27 October 20266009600
    Part Land Rear Of Grove Cottage, The Street, Little Bealings, IP13 6LT
  4. Dismissed27 October 20266003858
    27 Sun Lane, Woodbridge, IP12 1EG
  5. Dismissed27 October 20266003855
    27 Sun Lane, Woodbridge, IP12 1EG

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.