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From: Architexturez-IN <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:55:54 +0530
THE future of Sir James Dyson’s £56m design and engineering school in
Bath is under threat ahead of a planning vote by local councillors on
Wednesday.
The vacuum-cleaner entrepreneur, who wants to build a centre to teach
2,500 teenagers a week and start a diploma to reduce Britain’s shortage
of engineers, faces an uphill battle for approval.
Council officers earlier this month recommended rejection of the scheme
on the grounds that it would damage the historic character of the
proposed site, a former craneworks. The Environment Agency is also
arguing that the centre would pose an increased flood risk to the city.
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article3558498.ece