Rear step lift at 18 June Avenue, Lowestoft
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by East Suffolk Planning Committee North on 14 Apr 2026.
What was proposed
The application proposed a domestic step lift, concrete platform and handrails beside the rear door.
“This application seeks planning permission for the installation of a domestic step lift and concrete platform with handrails adjacent to the rear door of 18 June Avenue.”
“The concrete platform is proposed to measure 1200mm x 1200mm and will reach the height of the existing doorstep (approximately 460mm).”
Officer report
The site
The site is a single-storey semi-detached dwelling within Lowestoft’s settlement boundary, between residential properties.
“The application site comprises a single storey semi-detached dwelling, situated within the settlement boundary of Lowestoft. The dwelling fronts June Avenue to the north and is bounded by residential dwellings to the east and west.”
Officer report
What officers recommended
Officers recommended approval because the proposal would improve accessibility and would not harm the area’s character or neighbouring amenity.
“Policy WLP8.29 requires that proposals are high quality and respect the character and appearance of the area. The introduction of a domestic step lift and concrete platform, located on the southern elevation to the rear of the dwelling, will not be visible from June Avenue and will therefore have no impact on the character and appearance of the streetscene. The raised platform is small in scale, purely functional, and designed only to provide access to the rear door.”
“The step lift would provide accessibility to the dwelling and as such any minor impacts arising would be outweighed by that benefit.”
Officer report
The committee presentation
A planner presented plans, photographs and elevations, highlighting no adverse impact on neighbouring residents.
The committee vote
Councillor Ashdown proposed approval and Councillor Gee seconded it before the committee resolved to approve.
“On the proposition of Councillor Ashdown, seconded by Councillor Gee it was…”
“That the application be approved, subject to the following conditions:”
Minutes
Sources
- East Suffolk Planning Committee North minutes, 14 April 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of East Suffolk's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Date
- Tuesday 14 April 2026
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Approved
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This committee's year
28 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 2 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.