The Camden Film Quarter project at Regis Road in Kentish Town will deliver 11 purpose-built sound stages, more than 100,000 sq ft of creative workspace and 485 homes, half of them affordable.
Developer Yoo Capital said the scheme would create a fully integrated screen industry campus, bringing together production facilities, education providers, creative businesses and housing within a single masterplan.
Studio operator Oxygen Studios will run the sound stages, while housing partner Places for People will deliver 243 affordable homes.
The scheme has been designed by SPPARC and is planned around a creative industries cluster that will also house the National Film and Television School and London Screen Academy, providing facilities for more than 500 learners.
Architect Broadway Malyan (housing), Oxygen Studios (studio operations), Montagu Evans (planning, historic environment and townscape), Spacehub (landscape architecture), Momentum Transport Consultancy (transport), Atelier Ten (sustainability) and a wider team of specialist consultants.
Developers claim the project will support around 3,960 direct operational jobs and generate 5,155 net additional jobs overall.
Alongside the film studios and housing, plans include 1.1 hectares of public open space, 301 new trees, a new recycling centre and the restoration of the Grade II-listed Kentish Town Police Station.
Yoo Capital co-founder and managing partner Lloyd Lee said: “Camden Film Quarter is much more than a film studio development. It is a complete creative ecosystem that brings together production, education, employment, homes, culture and public space within a single integrated vision.”
The approval represents a major boost for London’s studio sector as demand continues to grow for large-scale production facilities following sustained investment from global streaming and film companies.
The project also forms a key part of Camden’s wider regeneration plans for the Regis Road Growth Area, transforming a largely industrial site into a mixed-use neighbourhood.
Architect Broadway Malyan has designed the housing elements
A timetable for procurement and construction has yet to be confirmed, although the planning approval clears the way for detailed delivery plans to be finalised.