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Artist's impression of Filton Airfield redevelopment.

Friday 2nd June 2017 NellyG (Forum)

[Forum] Revised airfield planning application: No reason for 30-storey building

I read with interest in the May issue of the BSJ magazine that the new owners of the airfield want to build a 10- and 30-storey building. This reminds me of a 1985 drama called ‘Blott on the Landscape’. I will be objecting to this and I would urge others to do the same. The 30-storey block will be six times higher that

Helicopter of the the Western Counties Air Operations Unit.

Monday 6th July 2015 Mary Hawksworth (Forum)

[Letter] No objection to proposed helibase

With reference to the article in the June edition of the BSJ magazine concerning the proposed new helicopter base at Almondsbury (‘Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved’), I live at Woodlands Park and have no objections whatsoever to the siting of the new base. We have lived here for eight years and have never been troubled by

Thursday 11th June 2015 Julian Stinton (Forum)

[Forum] Almondsbury helibase: Air ambulance chief’s comments challenged

In response to the previous Journal news article ‘Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved‘. Thank goodness for Caroline Sullivan raising this matter with the people of Bradley Stoke. The Great Western Air Ambulance is a superb adjunct to the NHS in saving lives in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and Bristol.

Proposed new helicopter base for the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service in Almondsbury, Bristol.

Tuesday 9th June 2015 SH (Editor)

Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved

Bradley Stoke town councillors have demanded the provision of noise attenuation barriers for Woodlands Park and Ormonds Close should plans for a new helicopter base near the Almondsbury Interchange be approved by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) and National Police Air Service (NPAS), whose helicopters are currently based

Tuesday 19th May 2015 SH (Editor)

Parish and town councils to discuss Almondsbury Interchange helicopter base plans

Parish councils in Almondsbury and Bradley Stoke are to discuss a controversial planning application for a proposed new helicopter base on on green belt land close to the M4/M5 junction, just across the M5 motorway from the RAC building in north Bradley Stoke. The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service, whose

Monday 13th April 2015 SH (Editor)

Plan for new helicopter base near Almondsbury Interchange

Property consultants Alder King have announced the selection of a preferred site for a new helicopter base to serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service. Currently based at Filton Airfield, the air ambulance and police helicopter service has been looking for a new site for their joint helicopter base since last September.

Artist's impression of the central park at the former Filton Airfield site.

Tuesday 13th May 2014 SH (Editor)

Airfield redevelopment consultation event at the Willow Brook Centre

Representatives of the company behind the proposed redevelopment of the Filton Airfield site will be at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke tomorrow (Wednesday 14th May) for a ‘drop-in’ consultation event. A spokesperson for the company told The Journal: “Following the six consultation events held in February, we are now holding a second round of events. As part of

Satellite view of Filton Airfield, Bristol

Friday 17th February 2012 SH (Editor)

March to protest against closure of Filton Airfield

Local campaigners and trade unions are staging a march to protest against the closure of Filton Airfield on Saturday (18th February). The Save Filton Airfield (SFA) group and the Unite union are inviting demonstrators to join them on Golf Course Lane at 12pm (more details here in the Filton Journal). The airfield is due to close by the end of

Filton Airfield, Bristol [Photo by Rob Brewer]

Friday 30th September 2011 SH (Editor)

Exhibitions on the future of Filton Airfield

A series of exhibitions about Filton Airfield and its future are to be staged by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) during October. Following the announcement in April by BAE Systems that it intends to close Filton Airfield in December 2012, the Council put out a Position Statement that set out possible options for how the planned closure of the airfield could

Sunday 18th September 2011 SH (Editor)

Public meeting to discuss future of Filton Airfield

The proposed closure of the historic Filton Airfield by the end of 2012 is to be discussed at a public meeting this Monday evening (19th September) at the Filton Community Centre, Elm Park, Filton, commencing at 7pm. The Journal understands that the meeting will be attended by Andrew Cheesman of BAE Aviation Services, South Gloucestershire Council’s Chief Executive Amanda Deeks,