Proposals to transform a North East shipyard into film studios with the potential to create more than 1,000 jobs and attract major movie makers have been submitted.
Pallion Engineering has made an application to Sunderland City Council which would pave the way for the regeneration and transformation of its substantial land holdings on the River Wear - the sole remaining shipyard in the city - to create a complex with the potential to create over 1,000 new jobs.
Since the shipbuilding industry’s demise in the 1980,s the Pallion Shipyard building has declined into a “tired state” with only a third of its area used for office, workshop, industrial and storage. But with movie making space much in demand, the site could become one of just a handful of global water studios in the world.
