Editing Lowestoft (section)

===Redevelopment===
[[File:Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth at night.jpg|thumb|upright|Lowestoft (right) and [[Great Yarmouth]] (left) at night]]
Lowestoft is among the more socially deprived areas in Suffolk, with [[Kirkley]] the county's most deprived ward, ranking 173rd most deprived in England out of 32,486.<ref name=wavprofile/> The area attracted [[European Union]] redevelopment funding. The Waveney Sunrise Scheme invested £14.7 million, funding transport improvements and tourist facilities such as fountains on Royal Plain, as stimulants.<ref name="fountains">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/06/21/lowestoft_fountains_feature.shtml Fountain fun], BBC Suffolk, 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2011.</ref><ref name="sccsunrise">[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BusinessAndConsumer/RegenerationAndCommunityDevelopment/LowestoftSunriseScheme.htm Lowestoft Sunrise Scheme] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308154655/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BusinessAndConsumer/RegenerationAndCommunityDevelopment/LowestoftSunriseScheme.htm |date=8 March 2012}}, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 21 April 2011.</ref> Regeneration company 1st East, which focused on the Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth areas, closed in 2011.<ref name="bbc27jan11">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12298500 Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft regeneration firm 1st East shuts], BBC news website, 27 January 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.</ref>

[[Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone]] was announced in 2011 and launched in April 2012.<ref name=edp12jan12>Dickson A (2012) [http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/great_yarmouth_and_lowestoft_enterprise_zone_interest_from_around_the_world_1_1174961 Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft enterprise zone interest from around the world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233908/http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/great_yarmouth_and_lowestoft_enterprise_zone_interest_from_around_the_world_1_1174961 |date=23 September 2015 }}, ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2015.</ref> The zone, developed by New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, has six redevelopment sites across Lowestoft and [[Great Yarmouth]]. The bid for the zone in 2011 envisaged creating 13,500 jobs by 2036.<ref name="edp17aug11">Dickson.A (2011) [http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/business-features/great_yarmouth_and_lowestoft_enterprise_zone_given_the_green_light_1_996462 Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft enterprise zone given the green light] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113085144/http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/business-features/great_yarmouth_and_lowestoft_enterprise_zone_given_the_green_light_1_996462 |date=13 November 2011}}, ''Eastern Daily Press'', 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.</ref> It involved the Norfolk and Suffolk Energy Alliance and focused on developing the energy sector initially using tax incentives, simplified planning regulations and the provision of improved broadband internet services.<ref name="edp17aug11"/> The sites in Lowestoft are Mobbs Way, Riverside Road and South Lowestoft Industrial Estate.<ref name=edp12jan12/>

Associated British Ports, the operator of the Port of Lowestoft, published their Lowestoft Masterplan, which aims to regenerate the harbour and take advantage of renewable energy, including the new Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) on the former SLP land at the outer harbour amongst other projects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lowestoft Masterplan |url=https://vision.abpmer.net/lowestoft-masterplan/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=vision.abpmer.net}}</ref> The harbour is a focus of redevelopment proposals for Lowestoft through the Lake Lothing and Outer Harbour [[Area Action Plan]], submitted in February 2011.<ref name="aap">[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=117&categoryID=200140&pageNumber=2 An introduction to the Area Action Plan for Central Lowestoft] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719115839/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=117&categoryID=200140&pageNumber=2 |date=19 July 2011}}, Waveney District Council. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref> The plan focuses on the redevelopment of [[Brownfield land|brownfield site]]s in and around the harbour area to create jobs, particularly in the renewable energy and retailing sectors.<ref name=scctran11/><ref name="aapwhat">[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=117&categoryID=200140&pageNumber=1#pagenavbox What is the Area Action Plan?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719115858/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=117&categoryID=200140&pageNumber=1 |date=19 July 2011}}, Waveney District Council. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref><ref name="edp14oct10">Mace. H (2010) [http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/vision_for_future_of_lowestoft_harbour_1_679054 Vision for future of Lowestoft harbour], ''Eastern Daily Press'', 14 October 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2011.</ref>