The opening of an Asda food store at Filton’s Abbey Wood Retail Park has moved a step closer after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) granted planning permission for a redevelopment of part of the site. The approved plans involve demolishing the ‘southern terrace’ of units (previously occupied by Woolworths and T.J. Hughes) and replacing it with a 5,007sqm Asda foodstore and
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Engineers at the Airbus design centre in Filton are being blamed for the “grounding” of all 69 A380 aircraft currently in service. A report in today’s Daily Mail says Airbus has now traced the cause of small cracks developing on the wings of some of the £250million double-decker A380s to a small component engineered in Filton. The manufacturer has been
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An extra lane could be added to the A4174 Avon Ring Road on its westbound approach to Filton Roundabout if plans being drawn up by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) come to fruition. Outline details of the proposed scheme are revealed in a letter from an SGC Transport Engineer to Filton Town Council, published as part of the agenda pack for
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Local MP Jack Lopresti visited Halfords Autocentre in Filton last Friday (17th February) to meet one of their apprentices, Ben Fisher, and learn more about how the company is starting careers for local young people. Ben is undertaking an apprenticeship with the company and Jack discussed the skills that he is learning and the support he is receiving from the
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Several hundred marchers braved heavy rain on Saturday to protest against the planned closure of Filton Airfield by its owners BAE Systems. The campaigners say the airfield’s closure will jeopardise jobs in the local aerospace industry and they are angry that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has revised its Core Strategy planning blueprint to allow the building of 3,700 homes on
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South Gloucestershire Council has published its response to consultation comments made on a proposed scheme to improve the cycling route between Lockleaze and Cribbs Causeway. The scheme is one of three being implemented in the Bristol North Fringe area using money from the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). The West of England was awarded £5 million from the fund
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The Save Filton Airfield group and the Unite union are holding a march in protest at South Gloucestershire Council’s decision in their Core Strategy plan to allow the redevelopment of Filton Airfield. The group believes that the inclusion of this development is deeply flawed as it not only jeopardises the future potential for aerospace and aviation in the North Fringe,
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Plans to refurbish the historic Pegasus House, on the Airbus site in Filton, have been given the go-ahead by planners at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The Grade II listed building, constructed in the 1930s, is currently covered by scaffolding and white sheeting but it will be restored to its former glory as part of a £70 million project to create
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South Gloucestershire Council has launched a consultation on proposals to introduce double yellow lines on public streets within the North Bristol Park in Filton. The Council says it needs to take action because of the high level of on-street parking within the estate, which can cause access problems for delivery vehicles, especially those requiring emergency access to the NHS Filton
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Filton College, one of the main centres for further education in the North Bristol area, has been rebranded ‘South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’ (SGS) after officially merging with Stroud College on Monday (1st February). Public consultation on the proposed merger was carried out in June last year and John Hayes MP, Secretary of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong
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