A landmark office and scientific complex for Lowestoft

Waveney Campus is a flagship project proposed for Riverside Road in Lowestoft’s Kirkley ward. It is part of a wider regeneration plan for the Lowestoft / Great Yarmouth areas.

The project will create a landmark administrative and state-of-the-art scientific complex to house 1,000 staff from:

• the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas)
• Waveney District Council (WDC)
• part of Suffolk County Council (SCC).

These partner organisations are all currently occupying old and inefficient buildings around Lowestoft that are no longer fit for purpose and are seeking to achieve significant savings by sharing facilities in a new building designed to promote new ways of working, in line with government objectives, enabling partners to focus investment in to improved service delivery.

The new complex is designed to improve customer service and to increase productivity in a facility that staff, customers and the local community can take pride in. It is intended to be a catalyst for the regeneration of the area and an exemplar for “build quality” and “environmental sustainability”.

The proposed development will transform an area of waterfront into an attractive area to include public space. It will act as a catalyst for attracting jobs and stimulating wider regeneration, thereby providing a sound basis for the sustainable future of the local economy. Cefas will create an additional 80 jobs in Lowestoft when it consolidates its existing operations in Lowestoft and Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex into one centre of excellence at the Campus site.

It is a flagship project for 1st East Urban Regeneration Company, which has placed it at the heart of its plans to regenerate the waterfront areas of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth. The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is also supporting the project.

For more information visit:
www.waveneycampus.co.uk