Thanet has been dramatically cut from film studio plans because of a lack of interest from Thanet councillors, says the entrepreneur behind the scheme.

Chairman and managing director of Wessex Studios Corporation, John Hunter, had proposed to build a £125 million film and TV complex on the former Manston Airport site.

The revelation comes after a planning application featuring 2,500 homes on the 800-acre airfield, to be known as Stone Hill Park, was submitted to the council last week and showed no sign of movie-making facilities.

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