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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
1 Starting over Bristol Airport hops for ‘business as usual’ in the aftermath of the Covid crisis while climate change poses a global threat from which there will be no recovery. Industry sectors driving the consumption of fossil fuels in the pursuit of profit can no longer be given free […]
Summer 2020 CATCH UP ** North Somerset Council rejects Bristol Airport application to expandOn 10th February 2020 North Somerset Council Planning & Regulatory Committee voted by a substantial majority (18:7 with 3 abstentions) to reject the Airport application for expansion, led by the powerful advocacy of Cllr Steve Hogg (Wrington […]
This article was published in the Western Daily Press print version but didn’t appear online so we are reproducing it here. The headline is a bit misleading – while we welcome the temporary freedom from Airport disruption we equally sympathise with the difficulties that anti-Covid measures are causing for Airport […]
Over the last few months the terrible effects of climate change have become increasingly apparent. Infernos have raged along the east coast of Australia killing least 28 people, more than a billion animals, and destroying 2,000 homes. Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide have endured life-threatening levels of air pollution and huge […]