£25m regeneration plans given go ahead in Lowestoft
Five major projects are set to be worked on over the next four years
Last updated 9th Aug 2022
A £25m plan to redevelop parts of Lowestoft using money from the government's Towns Fund has been given the final go ahead.
It will see five key projects developed across the town in the next few years.
The plan for each needed to be signed off by the government before work could start - that approval has now been granted.
The five projects include:
- The Station Quarter - which will see both the former Post Office and front of the railway station building fully restored and brought back into use.
- The Cultural Quarter - which will see improvements to the Marina Theatre, the redevelopment of the Council’s Customer Services Centre and the redevelopment of the former Battery Green multi-storey car park into a new leisure facility.
- The Historic Quarter - which will focus on the redevelopment of the Town Hall and the historic Scores.
- The 'Seafront Vision' - which will see the redevelopment of Royal Plain including the Royal Plain fountains and Royal Green.
- The 'Port Gateway' - will support the development of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility in the Outer Harbour, which will be used to support the offshore energy industry in Lowestoft.
Final designs for all five projects will be unveiled in the coming months, with all set to be completed by March 2026.
Craig Rivett, East Suffolk Council’s Deputy Leader, said: “Securing £24.9m through the Government’s Town Fund was great news."
"Since then, there has been a huge amount of work ‘behind the scenes’ to prepare a detailed business case for each of the five major regeneration projects.
"Receiving Government approval for all of the business cases is incredible news and means we can now move forward at pace with our ambitious plans to enhance the town, driving economic growth and attracting future investment.”