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Owner
Council owned buildings and private sector owned buildings
Scale
2,750sqm of new floorspace to be created for screen industries
Investment Type
Public Sector
Timeframe
Development begins Autumn 2024
Value
£16.4M
Overview
A new Screen Industries Production Village is being delivered in the Church Street area of Hartlepool to act as a catalyst for the further development of Hartlepool’s screen industries sector. The Village will provide vital pre and post production support, building on the high-quality facilities already in place at the state-of-the-art Northern Film and TV Studios in Lynn Street and at The BIS in Whitby Street, the Council’s award-winning centre for start-up businesses in the creative sector.
Development is set to commence in autumn 2024 on this vital £16.4million project, which will see more than 130 new jobs created; 10 dilapidated buildings brought back into use and 2,750sqm of new floorspace created for screen industries.