At the Bath & North East Somerset full Council meeting on 20th March 2025, Councillors voted to reaffirm its opposition to the further expansion of Bristol Airport to 15mppa. A proposal brought by Chew Valley Ward Councillor Dave Harding, supported by the PCAA Chair Louise Leeder and BAAN members Jackie Head and Steve Clarke, saw 42 votes in favour of the proposal, 2 abstentions and 0 votes against. The full report provided by Cllr Dave Harding can be found here (please note that this link will download a copy of the report to your device). The full council meeting can be viewed on the BANES youtube channel using this link here. The speeches by PCAA and BAAN members can be seen at time index 25:00 and the proposal brought by Cllr Dave Harding can be viewed at approx. 1:20.00

A project update has been published. On 3 April 2025 the Secretary of State for Transport granted consent for this application. Information can be found in these documents: Planning Inspectorate’s notification of decision letter (PDF, 967KB) Secretary of State for Transport decision letter? (PDF, 967KB Development Consent Order as made by the Secretary of State (PDF, 1MB) Examining Authority’s recommendation report (PDF, 10MB) Post examination submissions Regulation 31 notice (PDF, 124KB) Report on application of Regulation 598/2014 to application for a Development Consent Order by London Luton Airport dated 3 April 2025 (PDF, 242KB)

North Somerset Council has responded to the Bristol Airport request for a formal Scoping Opinion to determine the scope of an Environmental Impact Assessment for a future application on the proposed expansion of the airport to accommodate 15 million passengers per annum and associated works. Detail on the scoping opinion request and North Somerset Councils' response can be found our the Planning Special Interest Group page here.

PCAA member Hilary Burn attended an Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) Webinar regarding Airport Expansion on 5 March 2025. Her report on the webinar can be found here.

A town hall event was held by North Somerset MP Sadiq Al-Hassan in Winford on Thursday February 13th. This event was attended by representatives from Bristol Airport, Somerset Council and a large number of local residents concerned about the impact on the local area by airport activities. The article on the event published by the North Somerset Times can be found here.

BAL launched a consultation on its proposed Masterplan to expand its operations from 12mppa to 15mppa by 2040 at the end of 2024. This proposed expansion would increase the number of aircraft movements annually from 85,990 to 100,000, and increase the number of night flights by 1000. This consultation is now closed, however details of the proposals and the proposed Masterplan can still be accessed here: https://bristolairport-futureplans.co.uk/ The PCAA responded to this consultation, detailing its full objections to the proposed further increase in passenger numbers and subsequent impacts on the surrounding areas and Parishes. The PCAA response in full can be seen here (this link will download a copy of the response).