Expansion of Bristol Airport halted

The plans to expand the terminal and car park at Bristol International Airport have been delayed to carry out more research into the airport's effect on the environment. Airport bosses wanted to submit a planning application to the local council this autumn but now hope they can do this by the middle of 2008 in the hope the expansion will still happen within three years.

Anti-airport expansion campaigners welcomed the move and said it showed the success of their operations.