The Plymouth planning board has unanimously approved a master site plan for the Plymouth Rock Studios project.

The master site plan gives Plymouth Rock Studios approval for general on-site and off-site elements of the project such as road improvements and traffic mitigation, landscape buffers, locations of buildings and development zones, and open space areas. The decision included a number of conditions related to a previously approved agreement with the town that Plymouth Rock Studios will be required to meet prior to construction, the studio said in a statement.

Now that the master site plan has been approved, Plymouth Rock Studios is scheduled to appear before the planning board again in early June to continue work on the site-specific aspects of the project such as individual building designs.
It is anticipated that the project will employ up to 1,500 construction workers at its peak and up to 2,000 employees during full operation.

Plymouth Rock Studios is a $500-million film and television studio complex in Plymouth, slated to open in 2010 as the world’s first LEED-certified, environmentally friendly studio complex.

The studio will have 14 soundstages and a 10-acre back lot, plus production offices, post-production facilities, a theater, hotel, and an amenity village, according to the company.