A waterfront regeneration scheme that earmarks up to 350 new homes to be built on brownfield land in south Lowestoft has moved closer to reality.

An aerial photograph showing the former factories on the site in south Lowestoft in 1972. Image: GP Planning Ltd (Image: GP Planning Ltd)

Extensive work has been carried out over recent years on the planning and logistics of the scheme for the former Sanyo and Survitec factory sites that have been vacant since 2009 on either side of School Road.

School Road in south Lowestoft. Picture: Mick Howes (Image: Mick Howes)

Sanyo closed its television factory in February 2009 with the loss of 60 jobs.

The former Sanyo factory site in Lowestoft. (Image: ©Archant 2013)

At its height, it had a total workforce of 350 and produced about 300,000 televisions a........

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