Filton Airfield Archives - Patchway Journal

Photo of Cllr Toby Savage, fifth from left, with other guests at the celebratory event.

February 28, 2020 SH (Editor)

Work starts on first new homes on airfield site

A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction on the first homes at Brabazon, the new neighbourhood being built by YTL Developments on the site of the former Filton Airfield.

Visualisation of part of the proposed Brabazon development.

November 5, 2019 SH (Editor)

Airfield transformation set to get under way

The first major construction contract to transform the historic former Filton Airfield into a thriving new neighbourhood has been awarded to a West Country firm Vertase FLI, based in Portishead.

Photo of an advertising hoarding for the Brabazon development, with the Brabazon hangars visible in the background.

May 13, 2019 SH (Editor)

Full approval granted for first batch of 278 airfield homes

Work on building the first batch of new homes on the former Filton Airfield is set to begin before the end of the year after South Gloucestershire Council approved the first ‘reserved matters’ planning application to come forward for the massive 143ha (354 acre) site. Outline permission for development of the site as a whole was granted in 2015, with

Signing of the Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood Framework Agreement.

March 21, 2018 SH (Editor)

‘Filton Keynes’ framework agreement signed

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced the completion of an important agreement between developers and landowners which will see thousands of new homes and supporting infrastructure built at the Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood (CPNN) over the next ten years. The new neighbourhood will provide approximately 5,700 dwellings, around 50 hectares of employment land, open spaces, schools, community facilities, a new

Artist's impression of Filton Airfield redevelopment.

November 30, 2017 SH (Editor)

Filton Airfield plans cleared for take-off (again)

South Gloucestershire Council’s planning committee has, for the second time in two years, resolved to approve outline planning permission for the re-development of the 143ha (354 acre) former Filton Airfield site. A previous planning application for the site was put forward by then-owners BAE Systems in October 2014 and subsequently approved, subject to the signing of agreements requiring the developer

June 1, 2017 SH (Editor)

Revised planning application for Filton Airfield

A revised outline planning application has been submitted for the redevelopment of the former Filton Airfield, which ceased operations in December 2012. A previous planning application for the site was put forward by then-owners BAE Systems in October 2014 and South Gloucestershire Council agreed to “resolve to approve” the application subject to the signing of S106 agreements requiring the developer to