SPC resolved its view to the Bristol Airport Masterplan Consultation at its January 2025 meeting. Information about the Bristol Airport consultation can be found at Bristol Airport launches consultation setting out a masterplan to 2040, including details about proposals.
As a member of the Parish Council Airport Association (PCAA), Saltford Parish Council discussed and resolved to agreed with the points raised in the Parish Council Airport Association’s (PCAA) draft response as circulated to PCAA members, and resolved SPC’s response to Bristol Airport’s Master Plan Consultation ( end date of 31 January 2025) in line with the Parish Council Airport Association’s draft Executive Summary.
This included agreeing with the PCAA’s view that:
Further development beyond 15 million passengers per annum (mppa) would negatively impact on the rural landscape; that the Green Belt at or near Bristol Airport should be retained;
That a non-bus based Mass Transit System was required prior to any further expansion beyond 15 mppa; that further consideration of the road network at or feeding in to the A38 was required;
That further car parking spaces could be achieved by a single-deck storey over the Silver Zone car park rather than using green fields for parking;
That proposals for 15 new aircraft stands would increase ground noise to an unacceptable level;
That the increase of night flights by 25% (1000 additional flights) was unacceptable and that the current level should be maintained and preferably reduced;
That there should be no arrivals or departures between 02:00-06.00 hrs;
And that additional compensation to dwellings must be made for an increase in noise.