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The Case for Growth and Recovery SCREEN HUB UK Delivering a Screen Industries Global Growth Hub at Pinewood Studios September 2020 The Case for Growth DOCUMENT and Recovery 07 This document is part of the planning application for development of a Screen Industries Global Growth Hub at Pinewood Studios to which cross reference should be made and was prepared by Rob Lucas Consultancy. September 2020 Note: The term ‘film’ is used throughout the document and should be taken to include high-end The Huntsman : Winter’s War © 2016 Universal Pictures. All rights reserved. television (HETV) and other screen- based content production CONTENTS 00 SYNOPSIS 4 01 INTRODUCTION 6 02 SCREEN HUB UK 10 03 A DRIVER OF RECOVERY 38 04 A QUESTION OF BALANCE 56 05 DELIVERING 62 06 A PINEWOOD PERSPECTIVE 68 07 APPENDICES 78 A1. List of application documentation 80 A2 London Creative Cluster – schedule of attractors 81 A3. Development parameter plans 82 A4. Model for the Screen Hub UK – Design Review Panel 92 A5. Outline of Pinewood Studios Community Fund 93 A6. Selective filmography – 80 years of film 94 A7. Correspondence from industry groups 96 Aerial of Pinewood site, 1950 – 60s 4 SCREEN HUB UK : The Case for Growth and Recovery SYNOPSIS Screen Hub UK is a proposal to expand and combine Pinewood Studios with an international film-inspired visitor attraction, an education/training hub and a business growth hub, to provide a facility of UK-wide and global significance. Pinewood Studios is a world renowned film production facility with an illustrious history of 84 years. It is the most significant centre of excellence and resource for screen-based content in the UK and an essential contributor to the creative industries sector. The current significance of the Studios is acknowledged in the Industrial Strategies of UK Government and the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The potential of the Studios to make an even stronger economic contribution to the creative industries sector is written into industrial policy with the proposed ‘Screen Industries Global Growth Hub’ – now Screen Hub UK – proposed in the current planning application Beauty and the Beast © 2017 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SCREEN HUB UK : The Case for Growth and Recovery 5 Pinewood Studio Experience Planning balances and benefits The visitor attraction – Pinewood Studio Experience – is imagined of production capacity and skills in the UK and the Buckinghamshire The proposed development is estimated to bring substantial scale as a film-inspired facility of national and international significance LEP identifies Pinewood as a key location. The strategic economic and breadth of benefits. It is an investment of around £450m with drawing on the heritage of Pinewood, the magic of film, the art significance of Pinewood Studios is also acknowledged in the the potential to support 3,500 jobs, add £230m pa to the economy and science of production and a glimpse behind the screen. The development plans of Buckinghamshire Council. and boost tourism by £125m pa. The construction phase would add Experience is planned to attract up to 2m visitors per year and another 1,600 jobs and £300m pa. The studio expansion would bring substantial economic benefits over time join the list of top 10 attractions in the UK. It would have and an opportunity to link with the Experience (‘Live Pinewood’) a substantial positive impact on the tourism and hospitality sector. Screen Hub UK would implement Government/LEP strategy and in and Centre Stage (practical experience). addition deliver environmental, ecological, arts and culture, tourism and community benefits. It would contribute to social wellbeing. Education and business growth hubs Green campus Such a development is only realistic at and with the authenticity of An education and a business growth hub named ‘Centre Stage’ is The new development is proposed to be set within a ‘green’ Pinewood Studios. The development is not footloose and is a private proposed to be located on site and amongst the commercial activity framework bringing ecological net gain and environmental quality. sector investment based as much upon the presence of ‘Pinewood of the wider Studios and Experience providing a route for the place’ as it is ‘Pinewood the future’. interactions and connections. The proposed Hub is supported by: DCMS, Creative England, VisitBritain, Buckinghamshire LEP, British Film Commission and At a time when the economic and social context is adverse as a The scope of the education hub would range from primary school British Film Institute. result of the impacts of COVID-19 the benefits attract substantial outreach and awareness through to adult retraining post the weight and urgency in planning decision-making. employment downturn impacts of COVID-19. “The proposed Pinewood Studios Experience represents The Screen Hub UK site is within the Green Belt where planning The role of the business growth hub is to provide support for a significant opportunity for cementing both Pinewood’s permission would not normally be granted. Balancing the Green Belt start-ups and an incubation function for people and companies heritage and the wider reputation of the UK as a world- constraint against the scale and significance of its benefits provides to serve the film industry. class visitor destination. the very special circumstances that are required to justify the grant The Centre Stage facility also provides an opportunity to offer It is entirely appropriate that local planning decisions of planning permission. facilities for shared community use. are made locally, but I am happy to put on record my The Screen Hub development comes at a time when the benefits support in principle for this exciting proposal, which that it will deliver have never been more needed given the scale of Production studios has the potential to form an important part of this economic recovery required – all of which outweighs the Green Belt government’s work in championing the success status of the site. A further expansion of Pinewood Studios is part of the Screen story of British film to a global audience.” Hub scheme reflecting the priority for expansion of the creative industries and in particular that of inward film investment. Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP The strategic plans of UK Government include a further growth Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 01 INTRODUCTION Aerial view overlooking stages A, B, C & D and main administration building 8 SCREEN HUB UK : The Case for Growth and Recovery 01 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This document is part of the planning application for the development of a Screen Industries Global Growth Hub at Pinewood Studios, Iver, Buckinghamshire (Screen Hub UK). The document presents an overview of the scheme and summarises the case for a grant of planning permission. It draws upon the suite of application documentation and provides detailed cross referencing to that evidence1. Skyfall © 2011 Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corporation. All rights reserved. 1. A full list of the application documentation is included at Appendix 1 SCREEN HUB UK : The Case for Growth and Recovery 9 1.2 The screen industries global growth hub is a project proposed by Buckinghamshire LEP and supported by Pinewood Studios. 1.3 The priority of the Hub has been advanced as a response to the severe adverse economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the UK and keenly experienced in Buckinghamshire. The Hub is a substantial development with major beneficial economic impacts much of which could be delivered in the near term (0–5 years). 1.4 The benefits and merits of the proposed Hub need to be balanced against the Green Belt status of the site and any other planning harms. This balance lies at the heart of the planning decision to be taken. 1.5 The application material assesses the proposed scheme against all the technical areas and is concluded to be acceptable, with mitigation. 1.6 The planning balance assessment turns upon the assessment of Green Belt constraint against the economic, social and environmental benefits of the scheme. This Aerial of Pinewood Studios site decision-making process is critical and is summarised in full in the Planning Statement2. Editing Model workshop 2. Application Doc 08 : Planning Statement 02 SCREEN HUB UK Interior of the Roger Moore Stage 12 SCREEN HUB UK : The Case for Growth and Recovery 02 SCREEN HUB UK Screen Hub UK is a 750,000 sq ft global growth hub to be based at Pinewood Studios in accordance with the UK’s and Buckinghamshire’s strategy for the creative industries and tourism sectors. The Hub embraces all of the existing Studios site and adds: an international film-inspired visitor attraction; an expansion of studio production space; education and business growth hubs. The whole development to be set within a green campus. The planning application is in outline form tied to a set of development parameters and principles. Cinderella © 2015 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SCREEN HUB UK : The Case for Growth and Recovery 13 Defining the Hub 2.1 The proposed Screen Industries Global Growth Hub (Screen 2.4 The description of development in the planning application Hub UK) takes the existing strategic economic asset of for the new elements of the Hub is: Pinewood Studios as a foundation and proposes an expansion of its role and scale to deliver an integrated screen/film- “Outline planning application with all matters reserved inspired growth hub at the heart of the Buckinghamshire (except for principal points of access) for the phased and West London creative clusters. development of a screen industries global growth hub of up to 750,000 sq ft (70,000 sq m) comprising: 2.2 The proposed Screen Hub UK is a cluster of film-related uses based at Pinewood Studios with links to other screen based • A visitor attraction of 350,000 sq ft comprising a uses in Buckinghamshire and beyond.
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