From Planning e Newsletter here
Extract:
...A group of regeneration professionals has written a letter to Swansea University bosses claiming that the building of a new campus out of town could result in the city losing out on £300million of economic growth.
The university received outline planning consent for a Science and Innovation Campus to teach 5,100 students in November 2010 from Swansea City and County Council and Neath Port Talbot Council.
The site, on Fabian Way, is on the boundary between Neath Port Talbot and the City and County of Swansea and about three miles from the city centre.
However, the letter calls for an alternative site, also on Fabian Way but on the city centre fringe and just one mile from the city centre. It says universities can have a significant impact on city-centre regeneration.
A letter has been written to the 28-member university council by 52 regeneration professionals, led by George Grace, the founder of TownCentred Consultants.
Other signatories include Professor Kevin Murray, a former president of the Royal Town Planning Institute, George Ferguson CBE a past president of the Royal Insitute of British Architects, and Dr Tim Williams, Planning blogger and a former adviser to the Wales and UK governments
The letter states: "Public sector spending in times of austerity must count not once, but twice, three times or more. An out-of-town university will in our view underscore in economic, social, financial and sustainability terms for the city of Swansea."
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