Construction of a city's new film studio could start in the autumn. The final details of Studio One at Crown Works in Sunderland have been set out in a planning application submitted to the city's planning authority. The facility, on the banks of the Wear, will have three sound stages, production accommodation, backlot space and a car park. Advertisement AdvertisementOfficials behind the scheme said the site had already been prepared and building work was expected to begin in the autumn if planning permission was secured. "This planning permission is the last hurdle to bringing world-class film and TV shows to the North East and I'm excited to see construction start," she added.