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The Wye College campus was closed in September 2009 and Imperial College is seeking to develop the estate or to find suitable tenants for it. Most of the college farmland is currently leased to a former student of Wye College, a Mr Atwood, until 2019. Most of the buildings are still for rent as of May 2012 and an effort by Imperial to sell off Withersdane Hall was halted with council intervention. A proposal to restore the agricultural college, with accreditation from the University of Buckingham, was advanced in 2010, but would rely on Imperial releasing freehold buildings that it may still be trying to develop, and the University of Buckingham are no longer interested in the proposal. A proposal for a Wye Free School, initially with an entry of Year 7 students and leasing just some of the buildings, was received in 2012 by the Council and appears to be progressing. The loss of Wye College is still lamented by many as the facilities fall into disrepair.
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