UK government green lights plans to turn Manston Airport into cargo hub

The UK Department for Transport has approved plans for RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP) to develop Manston Airport in Kent into a cargo hub. The £500 million investment plans were approved by the UK government after “five long years of detailed scrutiny,” RSP announced, with the Development Consent Order (DCO) received last week. “The DCO will […]

Manston plans withdrawn ‘temporarily’, new ones due soon

The company behind the plan to reopen Manston Airport has withdrawn its Development Consent Order application that had been submitted with the Planning Inspectorate. RiverOak Strategic Partners submitted 63 documents totalling almost 11,000 pages of proposals and plans to reopen Manston Airport as a freight hub with complimentary passenger and general aviation services to the […]