Planning Inspectorate to examine Manston proposals

The Planning Inspectorate has accepted the application to examine reopening Manston Airport, primarily as a cargo airport with capacity for at least 12,000 movements per year. The airport located in the Thanet district of Kent closed on 15 May 2014, and there has been a local campaign to reopen Manston. US investment group, RiverOak Investments […]

Manston to serve as airfreight hub if reopened

Manston Airport will be reopened as an airfreight and cargo hub, supporting the UK government’s aim of increasing aviation capacity, the US investment firm attempting to purchase the closed hub says. RiverOak Investments has been attempting to purchase the airport, which closed in May 2014. It had tried acquiring the site as the indemnity partner […]

Potential new indemnity partners to reopen Manston Airport

The compulsory purchase of Manston Airport could be back on after Thanet District Council received three valid submissions for indemnity partners following a soft market testing exercise. A Prior Information Notice calling for expressions of interest were published in the Office Journal of the European Union on 15 January. Thanet says it received five expressions […]

War of words over former cargo hub Manston Airport

Thanet District Council (TDC) is to hold an extraordinary cabinet meeting on 29 October to discuss the future of Manston Airport after a war of words broke out between the council leader and indemnity partner. The UK council is trying to carry out a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the airport, which closed in May […]