Repairs and alterations are among proposals to “enhance” two buildings dating back to the 19th Century on the High Street in Lowestoft.
A scheme has been lodged that aims “to repair and rejuvenate” both buildings and all three shops at 70-71 and 72 High Street in Lowestoft.
Plans lodged with East Suffolk Council last month centre around “Replace shopfronts at 70-71 High Street with traditional timber designs” along with “Repairs to 72 High Street shopfront.”
Consisting of “three commercial ground floor properties,” the application is currently awaiting decision.
It said the project is part of the Historic England-funded Partnership Schemes in Conservation Areas (PSiCA) scheme.
A design and access statement submitted by Kings & Dunne Architects and commissioned by East Suffolk Council on behalf of the applicant Ian Peters said: “The new shop fronts have been designed carefully with historic research into the details of shop fronts and the building itself to produce a new design that will not only benefit the buildings, but also the area, the conservation area and wider society as well.
“The proposals aim to repair and rejuvenate both 70-71 and 72 High Street, by providing more appropriate shopfronts and signage, as well as repairing elements of both elevations.”
With a “new improved, more traditional shopfront,” earmarked for 70-71 High Street, it proposes the removal of the existing shop windows, both shop doors, and the residential door.
The proposals earmark “less dramatic changes to the shopfront” at 72 High Street, but the works would see “many areas of repair and redecoration.
It adds: “The use of 70, 71 and 72 High Street as shops with residential units above, will not change.
“The proposals aim to improve the shopfronts and undertake repairs to improve the quality and aesthetics of the buildings.”
East Suffolk Council is likely to make a decision in the coming weeks.