03.08.10
Stop Bristol Airport Expansion has called for the withdrawal of the planning application for a new Bristol Airport hotel, submitted by the hub last week. The campaign group say the hotel, which would be built on part of the current long stay car parking and the car hire return area, should not be given the go-ahead because this space should be used for parking to save the green belt land on the south side of the airport being developed. The application for a 251 bedroom hotel also means local B&B’s, hotels and pubs will lose out.
Bristol Airport’s planning permission from North Somerset Council, which would allow it to expand to cope with a predicted 60 percent rise in passengers by 2020, cannot be acted upon until a decision is made by the Secretary of State on whether to allow development on green belt land. This development is for airport parking, which would allow part of an existing car park to be built on for this new airport hotel.
An SBAE spokeswoman said: ‘This hotel is planned on land that should be used for car parking if the rest of the airport’s plans get the go ahead. This application should not even be considered until we have a decision from the Secretary of State on development on the green belt land. This is another example of the airport’s lack of concern for the local environment and local communities.'
‘The airport already has the monopoly on car parking. A big new hotel will take hit local businesses such as hotels, pubs and B&B’s. Despite claims that its prices will be set higher than other local accommodation, of which there is plenty, pricing structures are always a moveable feast and passengers will undoubtedly pay a premium to be on site at the airport anyway.'
'The application for the terminal expansion, currently waiting for a decision from the Secretary of State, included a 120 bedroom hotel, yet the aim is now for 251 bedrooms - more than twice the size previously planned. This makes it hard to see how this new airport hotel will not impact on other providers of accommodation in the area and therefore how it will be economically beneficial.'
'We urge anyone concerned about this latest application (ref: 10/P/1240/F) to lodge an objection to North Somerset Council.’
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