East Coast College St Peters Street Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2NB
Approved on 27 May 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Illuminated Advertisement Consent - Erect two illuminated signs to the north and south elevations of East Coast College's Tower Block, which is currently being re-clad. The "East Coast College" logo would be manufactured from built up 3D letters standing away from the building with subtle back-lit halo illumination after dark. The overall proposed measurements are: 6500mm W x 4200mm H. The letters will be built-up protruding 3D and each letter individually backlit by a channel.
- Received
- 6 April 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- ReceivedReceived6 Apr
- ValidatedValidated6 Apr
- Consult.Consultation6 May
- TargetTarget Date31 May
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at East Coast College St Peters Street Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2NB. East Suffolk has handled 148 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Harbour And Normanston. We hold 932 applications in total for the NR32 postcode area.
87% of advertising applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NR32 2NB
- Application type
- Illuminated Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lowestoft
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 April 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 13 May 2020
- Consultation start
- 14 April 2020
- Consultation end
- 6 May 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 May 2020
- Last date for comments
- 13 May 2020
- Target decision date
- 31 May 2020
- Permission expires
- 27 May 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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