New 'demountable' homes could get go-ahead for erosion-hit coast |
A bid to replace three cottages lost to erosion in 2019 with 'flat-pack' homes that can be disassembled and rebuilt is set to come under scrutiny once more next week.
Anne Jones, inset, at Easton Bavents Ltd, is bidding to build four 'moveable' homes to replace cottages lost to the eroding coastline, near Southwold. (Image: Mike Page / East Suffolk Council Planning Portal / Danielle Booden)
Amended plans were submitted to East Suffolk Council in September last year, after the council had previously refused a scheme and a planning appeal was dismissed.
Over the past 25 years numerous houses in Easton Bavents, between Lowestoft and Southwold, have been lost to the eroding coastline.
Erosion at Easton Bavents. Image: Creative Commons (Image: Creative Commons)
The three terraced homes called East End Cottages were demolished in 2019 due to the "imminent threat of falling into the sea."
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