Plans to build “game-changing” film and television studios in Liverpool creating almost 4000 jobs could be approved next week.
The long-awaited transformation of the former Littlewoods building will be considered by the Council’s Cabinet on Friday
Today Liverpool City Council submitted a report to “unlock a potential £70m redevelopment” of the area, which it hopes will turn the city into one of Europe’s “premier TV and film hubs.”
“Liverpool’s offer has blossomed over the past decade to the point that it feels like your bumping into a TV crew every other day or seeing the city on the TV or in the cinema every other week,” said Councillor Sarah Doyle, Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet member for Economic Development.
“The move from being the ‘go to city’ for exterior shoots to one that can provide productions with the studios and talent supply to match our stunning backdrops is one the city needs to deliver, as the economic and educational benefits are there for all to see.
“The opening of The Depot studios last month was a great start but Littlewoods is on a different scale, which is underlined by the calibre of the partners like Twickenham Studios and John Moores University waiting in the wings.
“This reports spells out the first steps to bringing this sleeping giant of a building back to life. If approved, we can deliver the remediation and set the stage for phase two and making this dream a reality, creating thousands of skilled jobs the impact of which will be felt way beyond these studios.”
Original plans were put into disarray following a huge fire in 2018, which engulfed the building. Since then it has remained vacant and is in a state of “severe dilapidation.”
