URGENT: HELP FIGHT AIRPORT EXPANSION at the PUBLIC INQUIRY

URGENT: HELP FIGHT AIRPORT EXPANSION at the PUBLIC INQUIRY

9th September 2020
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Bristol Airport recently lodged an appeal against North Somerset Council’s refusal of their planning application to expand the airport. This means a Public Inquiry, possibly starting before Christmas. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARDSBAEx is working with the Parish Councils Airport Association and other community groups to ensure a strong independent voice […]

Bristol Airport is dragging North Somerset Council into a costly planning appeal. HERE’S WHY…

9th September 2020
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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 […]

COMMON GROUND AGAINST AIRPORT EXPANSION: collective action in a global crisis

1st September 2020
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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 […]

Steve Hogg: why we must resist Airport expansion

1st September 2020
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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 […]

COMMON GROUND: collective action in a global crisis

28th August 2020
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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 […]

Common Ground: the big demo against Airport expansion

26th August 2020
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HOLD THE DATE… Saturday 29th August, 11.30-2.00 Join community groups and campaigners from across the West and South West who are converging on the Airport on Saturday (with great care not to obstruct local traffic!). Meet outside St. Katherines Church, West Lane, Felton Common. Tell the Airport loud and clear […]

Dump & Go: Bristol Airport’s latest parking charges will impact passengers and local communities

19th August 2020
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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 […]

Bristol Airport’s greedy appeal: the consequences for local communities

7th August 2020
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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 Veiled Threat: what price Bristol Airport’s appeal?

22nd July 2020
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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 […]

Airport Expansion and Sustainable Growth

19th July 2020
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One of Bristol Airport’s arguments in favour of expansion is based on the Keynesian concept of the need for continual economic growth. The theory is that if the economy does not expand it will contract and that if it contracts jobs will become fewer, living standards will suffer and the […]