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  • Galliford Try wins second contract in two days with £90m Buckinghamshire road

    Transport and infrastructure

    The new route links the A413 Wendover Road with the Stoke Mandeville Relief Road and includes construction of three roundabout junctions.

    Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups
  • Marlow Film Studios plots appeal to overturn rejection of £750m project

    Media

    Marlow Film Studios is set to appeal Buckinghamshire Council’s decision to block its £750m film studio development, a project backed by high-profile Hollywood figures, including Avatar director James Cameron. Morning Wire understands the Studios expects to lodge the appeal with the Planning Inspectorate in early September, though the exact timing is subject to the vagaries [...]

    The council rejected the application in May over concerns about the project's potential to cause "visual harm" to the former quarry site.
  • Yimbys unite! How the planning regime is holding back the UK film industry

    Media

    A council's moronic decision to block Marlow Film Studios not only hurts our film industry - it holds back our economy, Jess Jones argues

    With the Hollywood strikes now over, and the UK film industry picking up again, we should be encouraging new studios.
  • Should Hollywood look north after latest southern snub?

    June 10, 2024

    Hollywood bigwigs have been called on to look north to stage their latest box office hits after the UK film industry was dealt another major blow recently as £750m plans for a new film studio in Buckinghamshire were quashed. 

  • Planners strive to protect the UK’s beautiful quarries by blocking film studio

    June 7, 2024

    The government has rejected a major media investment in the latest sign that nimbyism is triumphing over economic development in London.

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