Its concept is also unique, not just in Britain, but the entire world.
At its heart is a development of 15 street-scape settings from across the planet, including Venice, New York and Prague, which will be inhabitated by real residents in up to 1500 new homes; the front door of a Venetian town house looking onto a canal will in effect be the back door for the people living inside.

"Project Pinewood will have huge benefits for the UK in terms of the creative industries," said Andrew Smith, Group Corporate Affairs Director at Pinewood, which is situated in South Bucks.

"It will stop a number of productions going overseas and enable smaller budget productions to script-in foreign locations.

A public consultation on the scheme took place last month, and a planning application is due to be submitted before the end of this year.

If approved, it will take around ten years to fully build, giving employment to 500 construction workers.

And once completed, it will provide 600 full-time jobs, 450 of which will be related to the creative industries.

Not everyone is happy about the plans however. Nearby residents fear the scheme will swamp them and that the local infrastructure wont be able to cope.

There is also opposition to building upon 14 hectares of open green-belt land.

But Mr Smith said the land was already 'pretty-rough' to start with, and that having international sets in one country saved on carbon emissions from air travel.

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