Section 45. Any person aggrieved by any rule or approach or other regulation made under sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or by any ruling, decision or order under any provision of said sections or of any such rule or regulation may, within thirty days after the effective date of such rule or regulation or within thirty days after such ruling, decision or order, appeal to the superior court sitting in equity for the purpose of having the lawfulness thereof inquired into and determined. Upon such appeals, said court may make such orders and decrees as justice and equity may require and parties to such appeals shall have all rights of appeal and exception as in other equity cases.