Scott Brownrigg-designed scheme will be built at former brick pit
Scott Brownrigg-designed proposals for a new film and television studio campus on a brownfield site in Bedfordshire have been granted planning permission.
The practice鈥檚 鈥淗ome of Production鈥� scheme will deliver 172,500 sq m of indoor and outdoor studio space and production facilities, as well as cafes and restaurants for crew members, at Quest Pit near the village of Houghton Conquest. There will also be a waterside hospitality suite and childcare facilities.
The 57ha site centres on a now-flooded former quarry that was Bedfordshire鈥檚 last active brick pit. It is near the former site of the London Brick Company鈥檚 Stewartby Brickworks, subsequently bought by Hanson.
Scott Brownrigg said its hybrid proposals, drawn up for clients Quartermaster and VERB, were a 鈥渞are opportunity鈥� to create the 鈥渋deal鈥� film campus from scratch, set within a tranquil waterside environment.
The practice said the proposals would also deliver a 鈥渟ignificant net gain鈥� for biodiversity by introducing new ecological corridors, wetland and floating reed beds across the site, and creating around 70ha of replacement habitat and woodland nearby.
Central Bedfordshire Council鈥檚 Development Management Committee originally resolved to approve the HOP proposals at their meeting in August.
Scott Brownrigg worked with landscape architect Macfarlane & Associates, planning consultant Lichfields, and structures, civils and MEP consultant Sweco on the proposals.
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