Projects

Pinewood West Multi-Storey Car Park and Workshop

A full planning application has been submitted to Buckinghamshire Council for a new multi-storey car park and ground floor workshop within the existing Pinewood Studios site. The 1,200 space multi-storey car park will replace what is currently a surface level car park with 370 parking spaces, providing around an additional 830 spaces to address parking demand in the Studios.

Reducing queueing on Pinewood Road

The new car park will redirect vehicles to the Pinewood East roundabout, to the north of the main entrance, which will reduce queueing that can currently be experienced on Pinewood Road. New, dedicated short term parking bays for HGVs requiring registration would be provided within the new car park to provide a holding space within the Studios site to further minimise congestion on Pinewood Road at peak hours.

Alleviating off-site parking and taxi waiting

The new car park will provide an additional 830 parking spaces for Pinewood’s staff, tenants and visitors. The new car park is located just steps away from Pinewood’s inner security turnstiles, making it the most attractive location to park, which should have a beneficial impact on local roads where incidents of overspill parking have been reported. We are also exploring opportunities to create a designated taxi waiting area, to remove any need for taxis to wait off-site. Toilet facilities are also included on the ground floor of the car park, meaning waiting drivers can also make use of facilities while waiting for their customers.

Promoting active travel

The application includes 15 covered cycle parking spaces in addition to the provision already in place across the Studios site, with showers and changing facilities at the ground floor of the new car park to make active travel more accessible for those visiting and working at the Studios.

Sustainability

We are committed to national and local sustainable development measures, both through the design and operation process. The ground floor workshop would be entirely served by electric energy through the inclusion of air source heat pumps. The car park would also include the provision of accessible car parking spaces and electric vehicle charging points.

Improving landscaping and biodiversity on site boundaries and across the site

There is limited landscaping on the current surface car park site and the proposals offer a real opportunity to enhance and establish new, native planting to improve biodiversity. A new woodland planted landscape bund would be incorporated to filter views of the new car park from Pinewood Road, whilst semi-mature trees and refreshed planting beds are proposed to create an attractive entrance to Pinewood West.

New backlit signs for Stage 4 and Stage 8

A planning application was submitted to Buckinghamshire Council in November 2022 for advertisement content for the installation of five new signs within the Pinewood Studios site (reference number is PL/22/3399/AV). This would include two backlit signs (called ‘illuminated Flexface lightboxes’) to Stage 4 and three to Stage 8. An image to show how the three signs could look on Stage 8 is included on this page.

New backlit signs for Stage 4 and Stage 8

Image to show how the new backlit signs could look on Stage 8

ALDERBOURNE FARM

The project includes a new publicly accessible nature reserve with some open air filming space (backlot), workshops and parking.

Alderbourne Farm illustrative masterplan - click to enlarge

DOWNLOADS

We have submitted a planning application to bring forward our plans for the new Pinewood South and Alderbourne Farm projects, which is being considered by Buckinghamshire Council. To view the application documents, visit the council’s planning pages and search using the planning application reference number PL/22/2657/FA. For information we have uploaded some of the key planning application documents. Click each to open as a PDF. Please note: Large file sizes so please wait for them to load fully.