The first phase of the redevelopment of a historic former airfield near Bristol featuring more than 44 affordable homes has been given the green light by planners.

The Brabazon housing scheme on the northern outskirts of the city will eventually see more than 2,600 homes built on the 354-acre site of Filton airfield, which played an important role in the Second World War and decades later became the birthplace of supersonic aircraft Concorde.