ten year permission for film studio media campus. The development will consist…

Proposed development

ten year permission for film studio media campus. The development will consist of the construction of 73,511 sqm of film studio media campus floor space, made up of 15 buildings of varying height and gross internal floor area, with a maximum height of 17.5m and maximum individual gross internal floor area of 8882 sqm. The buildings will include film studio sound stages, production facilities, workshops and ancillary accommodation on a site of 18.53hectares and all associated ancillary structures, services and infrastructure. Vehicular access to the dev shall be via 4 no entrances, from the public roads the R774, the R762 and 2 from the internal IDA bus Technology Park Road. The proposal will involve the improvement and upgrade of the existing entranceway to the Mill Road R762 and the alteration of the entrance to the R774, pedestrian and cyclist paths, the provision of 722 car parking spaces, multipurpose coach, HGV parking, Winnebago parking and loading areas, 276 bicycle spaces, electric cart shelter and parking. All associated landscaping features, waste compounds, substations, feature entrance signage and tensile canopy structure with 12m high peaks to the R774 entrance, 13sqm coffee kiosk to animate the public plaza to Mill Road, large scale advertising panel to façade of building 1 and 10 and signage to coffee shop, way finding signage and identification signage to individual buildings, security check in buildings and associated security barriers, new pedestrian and cycle streel frame bridge with timber deck over the existing stream to the north, backlot areas to the south east, and occasional use of paved areas when not in use and landscape areas for backlot use, fencing and planting and to the perimeter of the site and all ancillary services and infrastructure. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report will be submitted

What happens next

Permission was granted on 15 Dec 2020. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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