Save Filton Airfield

Bristol Mayor calls for independent economic impact study on Filton Airfield

Bristol's mayor is calling for an independent economic study to be made of the regional impact of the planned closure of Filton Airfield.
The airfield, the birthplace of the British-built Concorde jets, is to close on Friday.
Its owner BAE Systems says Filton is not viable and intends to sell it for housing and business development.
George Ferguson said an assessment was needed to find what "the real economic impact might be" of the closure.

Read more on the BBC News website

BBC Inside Out West Documentary on Filton Airfield

BBC West will be airing a look at Filton Airfield's history and the decision to close it on Monday 17th December 19:30 on BBC One. Click Here for details.

New South Gloucestershire Consultation Concerning Core Strategy

The Government Planning Inspector has issued his preliminary findings about the council's Core Strategy. You now have a further opportunity to let them know how you feel about the Inspector's findingsm including the agreed plans to redevelop of Filton Airfield with 3,500 homes.
Representations may be made in writing or by email between Thursday 4 October and Friday 16 November 2012 inclusive to the following addresses:

By email to planningLDF@southglos.gov.uk

By letter to Strategic Planning Policy and Specialist Advice Team, South Gloucestershire Council, PO Box 2081, South Gloucestershire, BS35 9BP

Please let the council know how you feel. Without your feedback, we cannot claim to have not had our say!

SFA Submits documents to Examination in Public (EiP) over Council Core Strategy

February 2012, Bristol. Save Filton Airfield group have submitted a series of documents to the government Planning Inspector in preparation of his Examination in Public (EiP) of South Gloucestershire Council's Core Strategy document. The documents detail myriad reasons why the Core Strategy should not include redevelopment of Filton Airfield by addressing 4 key issues:

Soundness of Core Strategy(Pt.1)
Soundness (Pt.2)
Legality of Core Strategy
Freedom of Information Evidence and Analysis
Our Vision for the Future

The examination will happen during March and April (dates to be announced).

SFA and Unite Hold March to save jobs in Filton

18 February 2012, Bristol. Save Filton Airfield group and Unite the Union today held a march to highlight the threat to jobs at Filton airfield as a result of BAE's announcement to sell the site for redevelopment. Over 200 people braved monsoon conditions to walk from Golf Course Road down to the Rodney entrance on the A38.
Click Here to see photos and videos of the march.

Drama at South Gloucestershire Council Debate

Campaigners Reveal Council Collusion With BAE Over Plans to Redevelop Airfield

14th December 2011, Kingswood. At a packed full council meeting to decide Filton Airfield's status in the Core Strategy document, drama unfolded when campaigners revealed through a Freedom of Information request that South Gloucestershire Council officers worked with BAE Systems and their agents, Terence O'Rourke to create the "independent" report into the aviation options, to give warning of councillors objecting to the plans and to help prepare material for the public consultation. The communiations also reveal that the council intended to develop the plans long before the public consultation had begun and highlight the strong emphasis on residential properties over job-creating industries. The full revelations, including all primary documents can be read here.

Save Filton Airfield Campaign Submits Consultation Response to South Gloucestershire Council

24th October 2011, Filton. The Save Filton Airfield Campaign today submitted its formal response to the South Gloucestershire Council consultation on the future of the airfield. The 37 page document "A Vision for Filton Airfield" sets forth our campaign's arguments. It examines, using industrial research, how the airfield plays an important part in the South West economy, how it has been poorly utilitised by its current owners and how it can play its part in the continuation of the long history of aviation and aerospace innovation in Bristol. The full document can be downloaded here (PDF, 1.6MB).

Above: Save Filton Airfield supporters at the airfield with a copy of the campaign's consultation submission. Left to right: Martin Farmer, David Tiley, Bert Hindle, Ian Boulton, Darryl Collins, Betty Samuels, Stephen Bissell (and family), Kate West and David Goodwin.

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