James Bond’s Pinewood Turned Down on $300 Million Plan
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The owner of Pinewood Studios Ltd., where movies including James Bond’s “Skyfall” and “The Dark Knight” were filmed, was denied approval to develop new studios and stages at a campus about 20 miles west of London after an earlier plan was rejected last year.
Pinewood Shepperton Plc, Europe’s largest provider of stage and studio space, wants to develop 100,000 square meters (1.1 million square feet) of new space to allow increased film production at a site about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from Heathrow Airport. South Bucks district council members rejected provisional approval yesterday by six votes to four amid objections to development on land designated as farms or forest.