Jack Lopresti MP calls public meeting to discuss helicopter base planning application
June 9th, 2015
Jack Lopresti Member of Parliament for Filton and Bradley Stoke has called a public meeting to discuss a planning application for a new operations base for the Great Western Air Ambulance and the police helicopter which has been submitted for land next to the village of Almondsbury.
The public meeting will be on Friday 19th June at 7pm at BAWA Club, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RG.
The suggested site is immediately to the west of the M4/M5 interchange and the proposal is for it to be used to construct a hangar, take-off and landing areas for the helicopters, a weather station, car parking and a new access road.
Representatives from The Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, BAE Systems, who own the Airfield, and South Gloucestershire Council will speak and answer questions at the meeting which will be chaired by Jack.
Jack Lopresti MP says: I have called this meeting to bring together residents of Almondsbury, BAe Systems, the Great Western Air Ambulance the National Police Air Service and local Councillors so that all aspects of this proposal can be discussed. I know how worried some of the residents of Almondsbury are about having a helicopter pad based so close to their homes. This meeting will provide a forum for everyone s views to be aired before Councillors make a final decision on the proposals.
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