The demolition of historic buildings as part of a multimillion-pound film studios project should never have been allowed to happen, say furious residents. Contractors have knocked down a series of lean-to structures connected to abandoned engine sheds at Ashford’s Newtown railway works. The work is part of an ambitious scheme to transform the 12-acre site into four film studios and more than 300 homes. Bosses stress they have permission to flatten the buildings – which received Grade II-listed status in 2001 – but residents say they were “still an iconic part of the site” that deserved protect…
