Landmark project goes to planners

The planned site would house 1,000 office workers

Designs for a landmark administrative and scientific complex in Suffolk will go before planners next week.

The planned Waveney Campus in Lowestoft would house 1,000 workers.

It would house staff of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Waveney District Council and Suffolk County Council.

Developers have consulted widely with local residents, businesses, community groups, environmental organisations and other interested parties.

The application also includes a comprehensive transport assessment, travel plan and a neighbourhood impact assessment.

A Waveney District Council spokesman said: "The Waveney Campus building will provide a flexible office environment for all three partners as well as laboratory and technical facilities for Cefas.

"It will be an exemplar of sustainable construction, offering low energy and water consumption, rainwater harvesting, sustainable materials throughout, biomass boilers, heat recovery from a ventilation plant and a host of other measures designed to achieve low running costs.

"The structure is made predominantly from concrete to assist the natural ventilation, which is fundamental to the low-energy design strategy for the project."

The full application will be heard at the Lowestoft Development Control Meeting in the Town Hall Council Chamber at 1800 GMT on 21 January.