Planning permission has been granted to another major studio development in the UK — this time in the Kent town of Ashford from investment vehicle The Creative District Improvement Company and deve…
is a £250M redevelopment of Kent’s derelict Newtown Railway Works and the scheme was approved by Ashford Borough Council councilors during a virtual meeting on Wednesday.
Newtown Works, once a locomotive manufacturing company, will be transformed into 240,000 sqft of TV and film production space, as well as a media center, education space and hotel. It aims to create 2,000 jobs.The project’s backers hope that the studio’s proximity to Ashford’s Eurostar stop will encourage European productions to take advantage of the space, as well as providing a link to Netflix’s European hub in Amsterdam.
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