Filton airfield development plans voted through

The development is part of wider plans to build 6,000 homes on the edge of Bristol

Proposals for up to 2,675 homes on the former Filton Airfield have been approved despite fears it will cause gridlock in surrounding areas.

Plans for the business and residential development received nine votes in favour, with three abstentions, by South Gloucestershire Council planners.

It is part of wider plans to build about 5,700 new homes on the edge of Bristol over the next decade.

The 140-hectare site near Cribbs Causeway is owned by BAE Systems.

Plans include thousands of homes, business units, a 120-bed hotel, a secondary school, two primary schools, two nurseries, a park and a supermarket.

BAE Systems says it will be an "employment hub" which will generate 7,785 new jobs over time.

Plans also include a museum to house Concorde 216, which has been parked uncovered at the airfield since its final supersonic flight in 2003.

There have been concerns about increased traffic in an already congested area.

Bristol North West MP Charlotte Leslie warned last year that the wider Filton/Patchway housing plans were "designed for gridlock and economic stagnation".

But Bristol City Council, which is among those consulted on the application, says "significant progress" has now been made on the issue.