Lowestoft Town Council
There has been a recent influx of adults and children riding e-scooters in the local area, it is currently against the law to ride an e-scooter on a public road or pavement. The only place an e-scooter is authorised for use is on private land, with the landowners permission. E-scooters are classified as Personal Light Electric Vehicles (PLEVs), so they are treated as motor vehicles and subject to the same legal requirements. Police have the authority to seize these vehicles.
The Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project, when complete, will protect over 1500 homes and 800 businesses from flooding from the sea. The work includes building tidal floodwalls and a tidal barrier. There are three work packages: two for the tidal walls and a final work package for the tidal barrier. This factsheet provides you with an update about the start of the site set up and preparatory works for the start of work package 1. Construction of the tidal walls in work package 1 started in Hamilton Road and Waveney Road yesterday, 6 April 2021, with plans to work Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 6:00pm. There are no current plans to work on weekends or Bank Holidays.
If you would like further details about the project, please visit www.lowestoftfrmp.org.uk
Read more on Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project Tidal Floodwalls
POST EDIT: The Town Council will consider planning application DC/21/1208/FUL – the replacement of the beach huts on Jubilee Parade at the originally scheduled time and date of 6.00 pm on Tuesday 13 April and not as previously advised on Friday 9 April at an extraordinary meeting.
We have received many public comments so far on this matter and any further comments should be submitted ahead of the meeting to admin@lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk and the meeting will be available to observe on the Town Council’s YouTube agenda via this link https://youtu.be/R--Vu8p3j98
Proposed Beach Huts at Jubilee Parade. Image Credit: BBC and architect Chaplin Farrant
Suffolk Recycles advises to safely dispose of the test kit, place all of the items from the test and the plastic packaging into the bag provided and then put this bag with your general waste into your kerbside bin for disposal. This applies whether the test result is positive or negative.
None of the plastic items or plastic packaging should be put into the recycling bin. They are not recyclable in your kerbside recycling bin.
If there are disposable gloves and disposable masks in the kit, these are also not recyclable and should be put in the general waste bin.
The outer cardboard packaging and paper leaflets from the test kits can be recycled in your kerbside recycling bin.
See the full leaflet here.
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Have you spotted the dazzling daffodils around our parks and open spaces? The blooming daffodils are certainly putting a spring in our step with their sweet scents and heartening hues. These can be found throughout Lowestoft, including Normanston Park, Sparrow’s Nest, Arnold’s Bequest and Daffodil Walk.
Need a bit of guidance to find these wonderful spaces? All our parks and open spaces are catalogued on the website, with a brief history and directions on how to find them.
Read more on Dazzling Daffodils in our parks and open spaces
Suffolk Growth Partnership is working with Park City Consulting and Suffolk local authority environmental health officers to deliver four free webinars to support local businesses within the retail, hospitality & leisure sector prepare for safe reopening. The four webinars will focus on how you can be ready to re-open, protect your employees and customers, and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in your establishments. This helpful guide for re-opening businesses will include:
>Environmental health expectations
>Covid-19 secure workplace Risk Assessment
>Social distancing, signage, staff bubbles, and cleaning regime(s)
>Testing staff (What kits are available? How often to test?)
>How you can support your employees through HR guidance
>Guidance on how and when to report positive cases
>An opportunity to ask any questions you have to our health & safety and HR experts and more.
Visit Suffolk Growth Partnerships website to find out more and book your space. Please note spaces are limited, so be sure to book quickly.
From today, 29 March 2021, the ‘stay at home’ rule ends, however many restrictions remain in place to continue to keep the community safe, including:
>Work from home if you can.
>Outdoor sports facilities will reopen (such as tennis courts and basketball courts)
>Outdoor gatherings of either 6 people or 2 households are allowed, including in private gardens.
Please continue to wash your hands regularly, wear a facemask where required and keep a safe distance from those who are not from your household.
Full details about the current restrictions.
From Monday 29 March 2021, Blakedown Landscapes will carry out essential works at The Ness Park. As a guide, the works that will be carried out over the next two weeks will be as follows:
Due to the nature of these works, at certain times it will be crucial for the play area and other parts concerned to be fenced off. The Town Council appreciate the local community’s patience while these works will be carried out.
The Notice of Election for the Parish by-elections scheduled for Thursday 6 May 2021. This Notice is displayed on East Suffolk Council's website.
1. An election is to be held for Councillors for the following Parishes.
2. The number of Councillors to be elected for each Parish is:
Beccles Common - 1 Councillor
Beccles Darby - 2 Councillors
Beccles Rigbourne - 1 Councillor
Framlingham - 2 Councillors
Lowestoft Elmtree - 1 Councillor
Lowestoft Gunton - 1 Councillor
Lowestoft St. Margarets West - 1 Councillor
Nacton - 1 Councillor
Oulton West - 1 Councillor
Oulton Broad North - 1 Councillor
Southwold - 2 Councillors
Woodbridge Riverside - 1 Councillor
Woodbridge Seckford - 1 Councillor
3. Forms of nomination may be obtained, during normal office hours, from the Returning Officer at the addresses shown below.
4. Completed nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer at the addresses shown below, on any day after the date of this notice, during normal office hours but not later than 4pm on Thursday 8 April 2021.
5. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021, between the hours of 7am and 10pm.
6. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by midnight on Monday 19 April 2021.
7. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal and postal proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday, 20 April 2021.
8. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021.
9. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 6 May 2021.
Electoral Services, East Suffolk Council, Riverside 4 Canning Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0EQ
Electoral Services, East Suffolk Council, East Suffolk House, Riduna Park Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge, IP12 1RT
Notice of Election - Parish PDF
