A new Hollywood-scale film studio planned for Dagenham East has come a step closer after the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, said a study has shown the site is an ideal location and a “rare chance” to build the first new TV and film studio in the capital in 25 years.
The next step is to find investors to back development of the up to 20-acre (eight-hectare) site – nine acres of which is industrial land purchased from Sainsbury’s for £12m last year – which a feasibility study has determined is an ideal location for Hollywood-style studio space
The report, unveiled by Khan and Darren Rodwell, the leader of Barking and Dagenham council in east London, outlines how Dagenham East represents a “rare chance to build a world-class film studio in London”.
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