A Coastal Defender
Peter Boggis’s fight against coastal erosion symbolises ongoing efforts to protect Suffolk’s coastline in this article from the Our Heritage 2040: Embracing the Past, Securing the Future Publication.
Masterplan for Leiston
Russ Rainger, Trustee, The Long Shop Museum, sets out proposals for Leiston’s Urban Plan in this article from the Our Heritage 2040: Embracing the Past, Securing the Future Publication.
Through the Lens of Tomorrow
Students share their experiences of living and studying in Lowestoft in this article from the Our Heritage 2040: Embracing the Past, Securing the Future Publication.
Global Greenhouse - Cold Catch
Sizewell fisherman Noel Cattermole highlights the immediate impacts of climate change on local industries in this article from the Our Heritage 2040: Embracing the Past, Securing the Future Publication.
Holding Back the Years: How to get the UK's infrastructure up to speed for 2040
Julia Pyke and Sir John Armitt offer insights into UK infrastructure challenges in this article from the Our Heritage 2040: Embracing the Past, Securing the Future Publication.
Our Heritage 2040: Community Update March 2024
Welcome to the latest Our Heritage 2040 Newsletter.
January marked a landmark in the progress of Sizewell C when the Development Consent Order (DCO) was officially triggered. The two-reactor nuclear power station will generate 3.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity - enough to provide 7% of the UK's needs. Sizewell C could power the equivalent of about six million homes and generate electricity for 60 years.
Our Heritage 2040: Community Update December 2020
Thank you once again to all those who contributed to the discussions that took place last week. 120 people helped shape this phase of the Our Heritage project. We welcomed over 50 contributors across the five virtual roundtables, which covered a number of over-arching themes and dived deeper into specific issues relating to Heritage, Economy, Energy and Climate. A number participated in more than one session.
Our Heritage 2040: Hearts of Darkness, Rings of Saturn
In late October 2020, Jericho Chambers hosted five roundtable discussions about Suffolk’s future over five days. Fifty individuals participated from a broader interested community of over 100 - including national politicians, local business leaders, energy and tourism experts and local residents and civil society organisations.
Suffolk’s “energy coast”– a meaningful economic legacy?
Our Heritage 2040 Article Twelve: Suffolk does not need this unpresidented scale of industrialisation.
A 21st Century Crystal Palace Across East Anglia
Our Heritage 2040 Article Eleven: Let a thousand flowers - plus fruit and veg - bloom along a new path to production.
A Coming Cultural Suffolk High Tide
Our Heritage 2040 Article Ten: Culture provides one route for revitalisation and levelling-up.
The Interim report, explores the key challenges in the evolving relationship between business and democracy. Download a copy of the report here.