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Plans lodged for £40.5m Aberystwyth campus

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Plans have been submitted for the £40.5m Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus.Based on Aberystwyth University’s Gogerddan campus, the development will feature a bio-refining centre, future food centre, analytical science laboratories and a seed processing and biobank facility. A full planning application has now been lodged with Ceredigion County Council following a public consultation period to hear views on the proposed improvements to the existing Gogerddan campus on the outskirts of Aberystwyth.The AIEC project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Aberystwyth University.The project team was supported by planning consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.A decision on the application is expected in spring 2017. If planning permission is granted, construction is proposed to start mid-2017 and is expected to take two years to complete.