leeds bradford airport

Nov 13, 2020
3 min

Press Release: GALBA Highlights Call for End to Night Time Flying

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has added its voice to national calls for an end to night time flying. In a letter...

Nov 12, 2020
3 min

Press Release: GALBA Airport Expansion Expose ‘Fundamental Mistake’ in LBA's Planning App

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has revealed that the airport’s controversial expansion plans contain a fundamental...

Nov 10, 2020
2 min

Press Release: Campaigners Against Airport Expansion Welcome Support from Bradford MP, Naz Shah

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA) has welcomed support for their campaign to stop airport expansion from the MP for...

Oct 20, 2020
2 min

Press Release: GALBA Calls on Gov and Council to Help Airport Workers Move into Sustainable Jobs

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has called on the government and Leeds City Council to help local people find jobs outside...

Oct 16, 2020
2 min

Press Release: GALBA Publishes Legal Advice to Councillors - You Can Choose to Protect Our Climate

A leading planning barrister has told Leeds councillors that they are under a legal obligation to consider the climate impact of LBA’s...

Oct 6, 2020
2 min

Press Release: Campaigners call on Leeds Councillors to Say Yes to Clean Air and No to LBA Expansion

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has called on Leeds councillors to make the air we breathe cleaner and safer by rejecting...

Sep 17, 2020
2 min

Press Release: Twice as Many Leeds Residents Object to LBA's Plans than Support

On deadline day, twice as many Leeds residents object to Leeds Bradford Airport's expansion plans as support them. On 17th September...

Sep 2, 2020
3 min

Press Release: Ride the Noise - Riding LBA's Map to Highlight Areas Affected by Increased Noise

Ride the Noise: campaigners cycle the outline of LBA’s ‘noise map’ to highlight areas affected by increased noise if airport expansion...

Aug 17, 2020
3 min

Press Release: Bradford Council ‘Ignored Its Own Climate Emergency Declaration’ in Response to LBA

Bradford Council has ‘ignored its own Climate Emergency declaration’ in its response to the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport,...

Aug 12, 2020
2 min

Press Release: If LBA Can't Look After A Pond, Can They Be Trusted with Our Climate?

Commenting on Leeds Bradford Airport’s expansion proposals, Leeds City Council’s Nature Team say they don’t have confidence in the...

Aug 6, 2020
3 min

Press Release: LBA's New Economic Report Effectively Claims Airport is 'Immune' from COVID-19 Impact

Campaigners against the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) have criticised a new report issued by AMP Capital, the...

Aug 3, 2020
4 min

Press Release: Leeds City Council Fails to Answer Legal Letter from GALBA on Pre-COVID Jobs Claims

Leeds City Council fails to answer legal letter from airport campaigners warning it would be ‘unlawful’ to approve Leeds Bradford...

Jul 9, 2020
5 min

Press Release: Communities, MPs & Councillors Oppose LBA's Plans, Help Needed for Redundant Workers

Airport campaigners praise West Yorkshire communities, MPs and councillors and for opposing Leeds Bradford Airport expansion and call on...

Jul 8, 2020
2 min

Press Release: Natural England Warns LCC that LBA’s Expansion Plans Put Local Countryside at Risk

Commenting on plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport, the countryside watchdog Natural England has told Leeds City Council that “there is...

Jul 6, 2020
4 min

Press Release: LBA CEO ‘Economical with the Facts’ about Noise from from Proposed Airport Expansion

Airport campaigners have accused LBA’s chief executive of being selective with the facts in a letter he sent to local councillors and...

Jul 2, 2020
2 min

Mission Against Emissions Song and Video

Hazel Thompson has created this fantastic little song and video detailing the reasons why we should reject the airport expansion. Super...

Jul 1, 2020
2 min

Press Release: GALBA Calls on Government & LCC to Help Airport Workers Move into Sustainable Jobs

The Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport has written to all Leeds MPs and Leeds City Council asking them to help local people find...

Jun 26, 2020
1 min

Stop Leeds Bradford Expansion - Protect Our Greenbelt!

We’ve all seen LBA’s drawings of the proposed new terminal. But the Council’s landscape team think it will be a blot on the landscape and...

Jun 19, 2020
4 min

Press Release: When is an Expansion Not an Expansion? When it's an LBA Expansion!

Airport campaigners have reacted with a mixture of surprise and anger at the bizarre claim by the chief executive of Leeds Bradford...

Jun 12, 2020
1 min

North Leeds Transport Forum Flyer- More Night Flights, More Noise at Night

North West Leeds Transport Forum have produced another flyer highlighting the noise implications of LBA's proposals.