Plans to demolish a film studio that once hosted Hollywood Blockbusters have been approved.
Winnersh Studios in Winnersh Triangle Business Park has been vacant since April 2024 after its owners Stage Fifty went into administration.
The company went into administration following the 2023 writers and actors strikes in the United States.
The studios was first given retrospetive approval in 2022, promising to bring around 1,000 new jobs to the area.
It was a popular location for Hollywood blockbusters including Ghostbusters: Empire and George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat.
Wokingham Borough Council has now approved plans to demolish the site, made up of temporary buildings 1100 and 1040.
The 1100 series consists of 5,400 square meters of floorspace that was used for film, video and sound recording purposes.
Accessed via Eskdale Road, it is surrounded by offices, a sports hub and an all weather pitch.
Site 1040 is under the same use and sits close by to the Crown Plaza hotel as well as other offices.
Planning consultants Turley wrote to the council: “Consideration is being given to the future development options for the site, which will support the long term strategic function of the business park in the long term and provide flexible employment floorspace to meet market demands.”
A demolition statement said the site will be left in a ‘flat, level and tidy condition’ with all waste material moved.
Wokingham Borough Council has granted approval to the plans subject to works following the submitted demolition statement.
