Our Progress

November

YTL Developments wins ‘Residential Developer of the Year’ at the Bristol Property Awards 2021.

October

YTL Developments submits plans for Brabazon Park which will become the largest new urban public park in the South West in the last 50 years.

YTL Developments wins two awards at the Insider South West Property Awards 2021 for ‘Placemaking Project of the Year’ and ‘Sustainability’.

August

The first computer-generated images of the proposed new train station are released as Network Rail submits their detailed planning application for an accessible train station at Brabazon.

May

The first apartments at Brabazon go on sale - The Navigator Building is a collection of 33 new one and two-bedroom apartments and a new landmark for North Bristol.

The first residents move into their new homes at The Hangar District as the new community starts to take shape.

January

The first new homes at Brabazon go on sale and immediately prove popular. The Hangar District quickly becomes one of the fastest-selling collections of new homes in the South West.

January

Local councilors, community leaders and businesses come together to mark the start of construction of the first new homes at Brabazon.

September

Bristol-based contractors Vertase FLI are appointed to deliver enabling works for the first phase of new homes at Brabazon.

March

Planning approval is granted for the first phase of homes at Brabazon. Known as The Hangar District, it will be the starting point in the transformation of the former Filton Airfield into a thriving new neighbourhood for North Bristol.

February

YTL Developments appoints Stirling Prize-winning architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios to deliver the first phase of new homes at Brabazon.

October

South Gloucestershire Council passes a resolution to grant planning consent to redevelop the site of the former Filton Airfield into Brabazon - a thriving new neighbourhood for Bristol. YTL Developments begins drafting detailed plans for the first phase of development.

YTL Developments is established to deliver the vision for Brabazon.

April

The YTL Group acquires the 380-acre former Filton Airfield in North Bristol, with a plan to transform the historic site into a new mixed-use neighbourhood including over 2,600 new homes, 24 hectares of commercial space, new public transport infrastructure, and over 32 hectares of sports and leisure facilities, landscaped public squares and parks.

December

Filton Airfield is closed for good. After leading the transformation of the aviation industry in the 20th century, it is time for the airfield itself to be transformed for the 21st century.

November

26th November marks the final flight of Concorde. The aircraft makes several swooping passes over Bristol for the crowds before returning home to Filton.

Bristol’s connection to supersonic travel begins with British Aircraft Corporation at Filton starting work on designing a supersonic airliner. In the UK, Concorde is assembled at Filton, with the British prototype making its first flight on 9th April 1969.

Lord Brabazon of Tara leads a small group of pioneers to develop the Bristol Brabazon – Britain’s largest ever airliner from which this neighbourhood takes its name. The Brabazon’s maiden flight on 4th September 1949 proves a major milestone in the history of aviation and inspires further feats of innovation including Concorde.

Bristol’s aviation industry starts with the vision of Sir George White, who founded the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company in February 1910 before passing the business on to his son, Sir G Stanley White. Over the next 40 years under Sir Stanley’s leadership, Filton is established at the forefront of the aviation industry, renowned as a centre for design, engineering and innovation.