It is a prominent landmark that dominates the skyline in Britain's most easterly town.
The largest onshore wind turbine in the UK when it was built more than 19 years ago could be set for a new look - provided plans get the go-ahead.
Measuring 413ft from its base to the tip of its highest blade - Gulliver wind turbine looms large over the town as it is situated on the UK’s most easterly point at Ness Point in Lowestoft.
Named 'Gulliver' - after the hero of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver’s Travels - by readers of this newspaper following a competition, the wind turbine was installed at Ness Point in January 2005.
Having been built in Lowestoft by SLP Engineering Limited in December 2004 the project was completed a month later as Gulliver began generating electricity.
Now, almost 20 years on, Suffolk's first commercial wind turbine could be unveiling some changes.
Advertisement consent plans - centring around two "non-illuminated company logos" - have been submitted for the Gulliver wind turbine, based at Gas Works Road in Lowestoft.
A scheme lodged last week by agents Parker Planning Services Ltd on behalf of the applicant Thrive Renewables Plc is currently "awaiting decision" with East Suffolk Council.
It could see the two new logos proposed for Gulliver "displayed on the nacelle" of the wind turbine to replace what had previously been approved by the then Waveney District Council in 2004.
Currently the nacelle - which houses the gearbox and control systems of Gulliver - displays the logo of SLP Energy Ltd.
But after Thrive Renewables acquired the wind turbine at Ness Point in 2005, the owners are now proposing to have new logos installed as part of "the turbine’s regular maintenance" and "to more accurately reflect the turbine’s ownership."
A planning statement said: "Whilst displaying of company logos on wind turbines are fairly uncommon in the UK, this particular turbine is unique in that it already displays a logo on both sides of its nacelle."
With a decision likely to be made by East Suffolk Council in the coming weeks, if approved it would see two company logos replacing the "outdated" logo - with a Seatrium Limited logo on one side and Thrive Renewables Plc logo on the other.
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