Benjamin Britten. Picture: Supplied (Image: Supplied) Plans to install a statue of one of Britain's most celebrated composers, Benjamin Britten, in his hometown of Lowestoft was unanimously approved this week.

The monument of Britten as a Boy, which is cast in bronze, will look out to sea when it's unveiled in Lord Kitchener's Garden on Kirkley Cliff.

The inscription for the Britten as a Boy statue. Picture: Britten as a Boy committee (Image: Britten as a boy committee)

An invitation has gone out to King Charles III to unveil the "high quality" statue in the public garden near the seafront, which was originally established as a place of reflection and remembrance and is owned by East Suffolk Council.

Having gained strong community support locally, and with national and international backing, dreams became reality after a three-year community project was given the go-ahead.

Widely regarded as one of the most significant figures in 20th-century British music, campaigners from the Britten as a Boy statue committee have worked tirelessly........

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