The Stop Bristol Airport alliance is pleased to note that you have asked the Secretary of State to ‘call in’ the Airport planning application. However there are some serious misrepresentations and omissions in your letter: It is highly misleading to assert that local residents ‘understand and accept the substantial economic […]

Councillor Nigel Ashton is quoted as saying that ‘the numbers stack up’ on North Somerset Council’s strategy of commercial investment.One very good investment for public monies would be a small number of dispersed Park & Ride sites for Bristol Airport outside the Green Belt as an interim solution until full […]

A recent opinion poll funded by Bristol Airport (BA) found over 70% of respondents in favour of expansion… There were just two questions which were included in an occasional YouGov ‘omnibus’ survey. The survey was sent out to their UK-wide database but only respondents who answered the two BA questions […]

By stephen clarke, Thursday Feb 21, 2019 I totally respect the fact that people (especially politicians from different parties) are entitled to hold different views. However, when those opinions are written down, for example in an article for this publication, (Bristol24/7) then they really need to be fact-checked before the […]

By Amanda CameronLocal democracy reporter 05:00, 22 FEB 2019 (Image: Steve Roberts) Bristol Airport should be stopped from expanding to help North Somerset achieve its new ambition of going carbon neutral by 2030, the council heard. North Somerset Council unanimously voted to recognise a “serious global climate challenge emergency” and […]

Welcome! The Stop Bristol Airport Expansion campaign website is now up and running and ready for the next phase of the campaign leading up to the meeting of North Somerset’s Planning and Regulatory Committee in mid-April. The website summarises arguments against expansion, challenges Airport claims and statistics, and provides regular […]

Good article from Bristol Councillor Steve Clarke outlining the impact of airport expansion on Bristol. https://www.bristol247.com/opinion/your-say/the-impact-of-flying-on-our-planet-is-enormous-and-this-expansion-will-only-make-it-worse/?fbclid=IwAR0Bj_0E3yZPKVVaq0V0JoPShMtn6SHv2biBBg4ZfpeEFsXzKdqBvnh_n7E