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)