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The Airport’s decision to appeal against the hard-pressed Council will gobble up funds desperately needed for social and community services. So why is the Airport persisting with the appeal against the Council’s rejection when its top management is forecasting unsustainable losses? ‘Bristol Airport’s Chief executive David Lees said 273,000 people had […]

Last Saturday several hundred people gathered in the sunshine on Felton Common for the ‘Common Ground’ protest march to the Airport. Organised by the Chew Valley XR and co-hosted by campaign groups including Bristol XR and SBAEx the simple message to Bristol Airport was forcefully put by Cllr Steve Hogg […]

Cllr Steve Hogg’s speech addressing the ‘Common Ground’ anti-Airport expansion rally on Felton Common. 29th August 2020 “Back in February, I sat with my colleagues in the Council Chamber at Weston-super-Mare Town Hall, and presented the reasons why i believed, and continue to believe, that the expansion of Bristol Airport […]

Saturday 29th August, meeting at 11.30 at St Katherine’s Church, Felton Common Flying in the face of North Somerset Council’s democratic decision to reject Airport expansion, Bristol Airport has launched an expensive and incomprehensible appeal. This pig-headed appeal, requiring a public inquiry, will burden the Council with significant sums that […]

Following the rejection of its planning application (currently subject to an appeal), Bristol Airport is showing its customary contempt for passengers and local users of the Airport facilities by again exploiting the appalling lack of public transport to the Lulsgate bottom site and its monopoly on terminal parking. This time […]

In February 2020 North Somerset Council [NSC] decisively rejected Bristol Airport’s plans for expansion following powerful objections from local Members of Parliament, parish councils, community groups, campaign groups and the thousands of individuals who submitted their comments to the Council website. Don Davies, Leader of NSC, summarised the Council’s reasons: […]

A new realityIn February 2020 North Somerset Council comprehensively rejected Bristol Airport’s planning application to expand its operation. The Airport has until 19th September 2020 to appeal this decision. Many things have changed since February, with dramatic impact on both the Airport and North Somerset Council. The new reality has […]

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has,“ Margaret Mead, writer and activist>“If enough people are fighting for change then change will come and every single person counts,” Greta Thunburg, 2020, speaking in Bristol.… and remember […]