Concorde museum at Filton gets planning go-ahead

Planning permission has been granted for a new £16m aerospace museum to house Concorde near Bristol.

The site on the former Filton Airfield will also include two refurbished World War One aircraft hangars that will display the Bristol Aero Collection.

Rolls Royce designed and developed Concorde's Olympus 593 engines, in collaboration with Snecma of France.

Assembly and testing of the engines was carried out at the company's plant in Patchway.

As well as housing Concorde, the museum will include two refurbished World War One aircraft hangars that will be used to display the Bristol Aero Collection

Concorde 216 or Alpha Foxtrot made the final flight of any of the Concorde fleet in November 2003 when it flew back to Filton, where it was originally built.

The supersonic 200ft airliner is currently parked close to the south side of Filton runway within the aerospace plant.

Lloyd Burnell, project director of the Bristol Aero Collection Trust, welcomed the granting of planning permission, saying the project would "tell the stories of the people and display the products of the region's world-class aerospace industry".

Other Concorde exhibits are located at Manchester Airport, Edinburgh, Heathrow Airport, Seattle, New York and Barbados.