Our friends at No Airport Expansion have started a petition to call on the UK Government and Parliament to stop airport expansion. The text of their petition is as follows: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we can to reduce emissions and avert climate catastrophe. More details More flights also mean more noise and air pollution, which is linked to poor physical and mental health for those living near airports. The Climate Change Committee says there should be no net airport expansion unless aviation is outperforming its emission baselines. Local people and politicians oppose airport expansion plans, but central government can overrule their decisions. We think airports are big enough. Stop airport expansion. The petition can be accessed via the No Airport

The Annual Monitoring Report for Bristol Airport for 2024 has been published and is now available. A PDF version of the report can be accessed here and can also be found on our Documents page in the Bristol Airport section.

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.