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Planning application launched!
June 16, 2009
Bristol International Airport has at last launched its major planning application today, 16 June 2009. A six week consultation will begin in the next few days and it is crucial that as many people respond to express their concerns.
Public health doctors argue the case against expanding Bristol's Airport
May 28, 2009
Read the article in the Bristol Evening Post online »
Airport has lost all justification for increasing carbon emissions
April 7, 2009
Bristol airport will no longer be able to rely on the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to compensate for the huge increases in carbon emissions from its planned increase in flights because the aviation industry itself has pulled its backing from the scheme, say campaigners.
Strong welcome for Bristol council's message on airport: don't increase carbon emissions
Mar 30, 2009
The motion, passed unanimously by Bristol City Council last night, stated:
"....in line with the City Council's commitment to the Nottingham Declaration, which requires 60% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, and also taking into account of the greater target of 80% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions introduced by the Climate Change Act 2008, this council believes that BIA should focus on becoming economically and environmentally sustainable without further increasing emissions and other external impacts."
Why Airport Expansion is Bad for the Economy
Mar 23, 2009
Read our press release »
Download our presentation on the airport's plans »
Council must take cue from scientists
Mar 16, 2009
Following last week's stark warnings from scientists at the Copenhagen conference on climate change, campaigners opposing the expansion of Bristol airport are demanding that North Somerset Council (NSC) says "No" to plans which could see passenger numbers at the airport grow from the current 6.2 million to 10 million by 2016.
Airport expansion will destroy jobs in South West, new study reveals
Mar 11, 2009
Published today by the Aviation Environment Federation (AEF), the study by economist Brendon Sewill of the employment provided by airports and airlines shows that more jobs will be lost in the region as an increased number of British people make more use of cheap flights to spend their money abroad.
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"Flying: the facts" by the Government backed Energy Saving Trust
Feb 12, 2009
www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Travel/Flying-the-facts »
BIA launches "pre-planning consultation"
Jan 26, 2009
Last week BIA launched a "pre-planning consultation" in advance of a planning application yet to be announced.
Read our response to the information released » (2.5 Mb)
View the full exhibition materials online »
If you wish to respond to these materials or the issues raised you can email BIA using
consultation@bristolairport.com
Please copy us on email@stopbia.com
Airline passenger numbers continue to fall
Jan 20, 2009
Read the article from The Telegraph »
Heathrow decision irrelevant to Bristol airport plans
Jan 19, 2009
North Somerset Council gives in to BIA 'bully boy' tactics
Nov 13, 2008
The application for development of the walkway at BIA using a certificate of legality was granted at a meeting of North Somerset Council last night. We condemn this decision which allows Bristol airport’s controversial 'walkway' to go ahead without a full planning application and believe that the airport has used 'bully boy' tactics to ride roughshod over the concerns of local communities.
New climate change targets mean airport plans will damage other businesses
October 29, 2008
Last night's decision by the Government to include greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation and shipping in the UK's Climate Change Bill is a warning that Bristol airport's expansion plans now mean that other local industries will pay more for the airport's free ride unless the airport curbs its growth.
Watchdog calls for airport expansion to be put on hold
September 16, 2008
In a study entitled "Contested Evidence: The case for an independent review of aviation policy", the Government's environmental watchdog, the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC), repeated its call for decisions on major airport expansion to be put on hold until there has been a full independent review of the Government's 2003 Air Transport White Paper.
Airport expansion bid defies economy and the climate
September 15, 2008
BIA says passenger numbers are to reach 10 million by 2016 in new planning documents just submitted to North Somerset Council.
The documents, submitted as another UK airline collapsed as a result of high oil prices, show
the airport is pressing ahead with expansion plans despite the current economic climate and the
urgent need to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change.
According to the submission, the airport intends to extend the apron to make room for more aircraft - as well as expanding car parking facilities into the Green Belt.
Green belt must stay at airport, councillors agree
September 2, 2008
Members of the Strategic Planning and Economic Development Policy and Scrutiny Panel are urging North Somerset Council's Executive Committee to back their decision when they meet on Tuesday 9th September.
The discussion follows a proposal in the draft Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West to alter the Green Belt. Bristol International Airport has expressed an interest in building a further car park to the south side of the airport, on land covered by the green belt.
Government and SW regional assembly must wake up and listen
July 29, 2008
The South West's draft Regional Spatial Strategy (draft RSS) plans to ease development restrictions in the greenbelt: it's out-of-date and out-of-touch.
SWRDA ditches support for airport expansion because economic benefits unproven
July 12, 2008
A report obtained from the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) by Airport Watch South West (AWSW) under the Freedom of Information Act questions "whether any RDA investment in airports can be reconciled with 'economic growth' within environmental limits" and went on to admit that "air travel may not necessarily be a pre-requisite for economic growth".
Read our press release »
Download the SWRDA board minutes from January 2008 »
Download the SWRDA Economic Assessment report »
Anti-airport expansion campaigners' arguments supported by government report
May 21, 2008
The report, from the Government's own green watchdog, the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC), published with the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), has said that the Government must review its policy on expanding the UK's airports because there is so much controversy and conflict over issues such as the contribution of air travel to climate change and its benefits to the economy.
The SDC report concludes that the Government's 2003 Air Transport White Paper, which backs expansion at regional airports such as Bristol, must go back to the drawing board.
Read the report on the SDC's website »
Read our press release about the report »
Business West report biased and weak
March 31, 2008
Business West commissioned researchers at UWE to compare two economic reports on the consequences of expanding BIA. Instead of this being an open and in-depth analysis of the methods, evidence and conclusions of those reports, we consider that the new study shows considerable prejudgment and bias, and a weakness of analysis.
Read our commentary on the report »
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Recent Press releases
Airport has lost all justification for increasing carbon emissions
April 7, 2009 (152 Kb)
Airport avoids paying UK Corporation Tax
Mar 24, 2009 (44 Kb)
Council must take cue from scientists
Mar 16, 2009 (156 Kb)
Airport expansion will destroy jobs in South West, new study reveals
Mar 11, 2009 (64 Kb)
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