PLANS to transform a warehouse into a film studio in a development creating up to 120 jobs have been given the green light.

Urban Myth Films, whose productions include BBC One’s Atlantis - previously filmed in Chepstow - have been given planning permission to use the former Carlsberg UK industrial warehouse on Queensway Meadows Industrial Estate, Newport, as a film set for an initial five-year period.

The production company, set up by International Emmy award-winning producers Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy and BAFTA award-winning writer Howard Overman, say the new eight-part TV series will have international sales and plan for it to return.

Under the plans the existing office space will be used by the art department office, and the warehouse space will be used for production, prop and costume storage.

It is said the proposal will create a “significant number” of jobs at the unit with up to 120 people on site.

The workforce will include the production team, art department, costume and make-up team, the camera and sound crew, alongside the principal cast and supporting artists.

During peak time up to 120 people will be on site, including two crews, actors and extras.

Permission granted, via a delegated decision, allows for the site to be used as a film studio for an initial five-years.

A planning statement said: “The series will have international sales and therefore there is a hope that the series will return, however due to the nature of the film industry, there is inevitable uncertainty with regards to future contracts.

“As such, we are seeking a temporary change of use to test the viability of the venture.”

Urban Myth Films were behind the fantasy drama Atlantis which had viewing figures on more than nine million for the opening episode on BBC One and which was shown on BBC America with the channel receiving the highest ever viewing figures for a season premier.

The show was previously filmed in Chepstow, at Newhouse Farm Industrial Estate, in 2013 and 2014. The Newport warehouse, located on the 200-acre industrial estate off Nash Mead, has been empty since Carlsberg left in December of last year.