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Ashford Borough Council and Quinn Estates reveal progress on long awaited and internationally significant, film studio-led regeneration project.
Ashford International Development Company launched to oversee delivery of £250 million investment, including film studios, new apartments, commercial space, digital industries skills and education centre, and hotel.
Latest updates shared at an event and site tour attended by local stakeholders and key officials from the Department for LevellingUp, Housing and Communities.
On Friday 25 November, the delivery team for Ashford International Studios in Kent brought Ashford MP Damian Green, key Whitehall officials and other stakeholders up to date on a landmark project, granted planning approval in September 2020, that will deliver £250 million of investment and circa 2,000 jobs for the region.
Starting at the nearby McArthurGlen Ashford Designer Outlet, the event revealed the significant progress achieved over the past year since the successful bid by Ashford Borough Council for £14.7 million in Levelling Up Funding, that has allowed vital enabling works to take place.
A significant amount of enabling and infrastructure works have already been undertaken with full construction scheduled to start on the site at Newtown Works in summer 2023. The residential element of the project, consisting of around 300 high-quality homes created within the 37,179m2 of Grade II Listed buildings, is on target to be completed by July 2025.
To find out more about the proposals visit: the Ashford International Studios website.
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