East Suffolk Council
Local company awarded contract for Marina Centre works
Local company P.J Spillings has been awarded the contract to deliver the construction works for part of the Battery Green development in Lowestoft.
The work will see the demolition of the northern wing of East Suffolk Council’s former Marina Customer Services Centre and internal alterations to the remainder of the building to create a repurposed space for the creative sector.
The Battery Green development is a multi-million-pound redevelopment and is one of five transformational regeneration projects which received £24.9m from the Government’s Towns Fund in 2022.
Designed by Norwich-based architects Chaplin Farrant, the Battery Green development will provide a new cultural and community hub with studio space for creative businesses together with a leisure complex and restaurant.
Cllr Tim Wilson, East Suffolk’s cabinet member for Economic Development and Regeneration said: “We are pleased to award the construction contract for part of another major regeneration project in Lowestoft to a local business and are looking forward to seeing the next phase of this exciting development take shape.
“Along with other regeneration projects which are also underway across the town, Battery Green will bring new facilities into Lowestoft, attract more visitors and businesses to the area and enhance the town for the benefit of local residents.”
The partial demolition of the former Battery Green multi-storey car park is due to be completed by mid-November.
The work to the Marina Centre will provide a clear site in readiness for the main works to the Battery Green development, which is expected to start in early 2025 and be complete in the spring of 2026.
The Battery Green development is just one of many regenerative projects underway in the town, with work progressing on improvements at Royal Plain, Royal Green and South Quay Wharf and on a new seafront complex at Jubilee Parade, for which P.J.Spillings is also undertaking the construction.
Customer Services
Our face-to-face customer services facility has temporarily moved to Riverside on Canning Road before moving permanently to Lowestoft Library at the end of the year. Customer Services at Riverside is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and to ensure a Customer Services presence remains in the town centre, a limited service is also available at Lowestoft Library on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
For those not requiring in person support, the Customer Services team are available on the phone (0333 016 2000) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays (8:45am - 5pm) and Thursdays (9:30am - 5pm).
You can also access a range of Council services online quickly and easily - this includes reporting a missed bin, making a payment and checking a planning application.