Leisure and Tourism

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London ‘The Making of Harry Potter'TM
Leavesden

Client: Warner Bros.

  • Town planning

  • Environmental planning

  • Heritage

  • Landscape architecture


Awards

2013: Hertfordshire Building Futures Awards - Winner of the Retrofit for the Future Award 

2012: East of England RTPI - Planning Achievement Award


Celebrating the incredible craftsmanship that went into producing the Harry Potter series of movies, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – ‘The Making of Harry Potter’ ™ opened in March 2012. The tour celebrates the artistry and cinematic excellence of the highly skilled production team, which brought to life the most successful film franchise in history at the world class Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, within which the attraction sits. 

Over the last eleven years, Terence O’Rourke has supported Warner Bros. by providing planning consultancy, environmental and landscape architecture services for both the Studio Tour and the adjacent film production studios. We delivered the planning consent for both, without the need for environmental impact assessment and without the application being ‘called in’ by the Secretary of State.

The economic value of film-related tourism attractions is well documented, and we worked actively with the local planning authority and statutory bodies in advancing the very positive local and national economic benefits of the scheme.

We continue to work closely with the Warner Bros. team supporting the tour in creating an exceptional visitor experience, and assisting the production studio team to provide state-of-the art facilities to support the UK as a global leader in the creative industries.


‘Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - ‘The Making of Harry Potter’ TM & © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.’


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  • Terence O'Rourke is an award winning planning and design company, integrating these skills to help deliver exceptional projects. 

    Our team offers town planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and environmental planning (including environmental impact assessment, heritage and ecology) services. We have a unique skillset and approach that deals creatively with challenging planning situations to deliver commercially viable solutions across all sectors of the economy. 

  • We work with nationally and internationally known clients including: 

    BAE Systems, BMW Rolls Royce, Grosvenor, McLaren and Warner Bros., major housebuilders and infrastructure providers and have worked on high profile projects and sites such as the Chewton Glen Hotel and Spa Tree Houses, the Clay Country eco-community, the Goodwood Estate, Luton Airport, Silverstone Park, Mercedes-Benz World, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and Studio Tour – 'The Making of Harry Potter.'