Planning application
Shell Filling Station High Street Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1HU
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior Notification - Telecommunication - Installation of a telecommunications base station comprising of a 20 metre high monopole with a wrap around cabinet at the base, supporting 9 no. antennas and 2 no. transmission dishes, 3 no. equipment cabinets and ancillary development thereto.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0919/TEL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0919/TEL
- Type
- Prior Notification Telecommunication
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 6 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 6 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Harbour And Normanston
- Parish
- Lowestoft
- Postcode
- NR32 1HU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Mar 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Suffolk took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Perry Williams Ltd on behalf of Freshwave Facilities Limited Agent
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk's median decision took 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About telecoms applications
Telecoms applications cover masts, antennas and cabinets, usually as prior approval cases where the council considers siting and appearance only. More in our guide to planning application types.
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