Following the recent call from Bristol City Council condemning house building on Filton Airfield, local councils are also making their voices heard and calling for Filton Airfield to remain as a working aerodrome. South Gloucestershire Council will debate a save Filton Airfield motion on Wednesday 19th October whilst councillors on Filton Town Council, Bradley Stoke Town Council and Oldland Parish
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Local people are being urged to share their views on the future of Filton Airfield, which has been scheduled for closure by owners BAE Systems by the end of 2012. South Gloucestershire Council has launched a new series of public exhibitions to find out what people have to say about both the proposed closure and the future of the 348-acre
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Filton Airfield has been running at a loss for more than a decade, according to its owners BAE Systems, who plan to close it at the end of 2012. A meeting at Filton Community Centre on Monday night (19th September) heard Andrew Cheeseman, Director of BAE Systems (Aviation Services), state that the airfield had lost “millions of pounds” in recent
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Statement on Filton Airfield from Jack Lopresti MP Over the last few months the planned closure of Filton Airfield has divided some local opinion. The announcement from BAE Systems that the airfield will shut on the last day of 2012 was sad but presents us with some great opportunities. I understand the sentiments behind the campaign to save the airfield,
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A local campaign group is to hold a meeting this week to discuss the implications of the planned closure of Filton Airfield. It follows the news that the Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) has written to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) expressing concern about the ability to provide a rapid response service to the Bristol area if it is forced
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The campaign by local people and politicians to resist moves to close and develop Filton Airfield is beginning to take shape. South Gloucestershire’s Labour Group, which recently outlined its opposition to the closure in its response to a council ‘position statement’ consultation, has now set up an online petition and is encouraging likeminded residents to sign it. The petition is
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South Gloucestershire’s Conservative administration has come under pressure to say what impact a new college might have on neighbouring schools. Labour councillors representing the Filton and Patchway areas are seeking assurances about future educational provision following the recent bid for a University Technology College (UTC) for 14 to 19 year olds to be located on land adjoining Abbeywood Community School.
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Labour councillors have submitted their formal response to South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) consultation on the Filton Airfield Position Statement, a proposed addition to SGC’s Core Strategy document. The need for a statement has come about because of BAE’s announcement that it plans to close the airfield at the end of 2012, and the government-appointed Planning Inspector’s demand for references to
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The agenda of an upcoming meeting of South Gloucestershire Council shows that Labour is continuing to press for answers to the key questions on the future of Filton Airfield, after its owners, BAE Systems, announced that they would close it. Following a public meeting organised by the Labour-run Filton Town Council last Friday attended by around 100 residents, local councillor
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The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has welcomed the £70million inward investment announced by Airbus during a visit by Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on Friday 25th March. The aerospace giant plans to develop a £70million state of the art engineering and technology campus in South Gloucestershire. Chair Colin Skellett said: “This
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