Tag Archives: Manston Airport

Plans to construct a new 10km link road in North Thanet, east Kent, at a cost of £60M, have been released by Kent County Council.

A second judicial review aimed at halting the conversion of Manston Airport into an air freight hub has been granted by the High Court.

A legal challenge against the proposed reopening of Manston Airport has been dismissed.

Airport expansions have been firmly on the back burner in recent years, with climate considerations and the pandemic-driven fall in passenger numbers creating rising uncertainty.

The proposed reopening of Manston Airport in Kent - given the go ahead last month, despite planners recommending that its development consent order application (DCO) be refused - is not the only blocked airport expansion to be overturned in recent months.

The proposed reopening of Manston Airport in Kent has been given the go ahead, despite planners recommending that its development consent order application (DCO) be refused.

Last week the Development Consent Order (DCO) that authorised a dual carriageway tunnel for the A303 at Stonehenge was quashed by the High Court. This is the fourth quashing in six months, when previously no DCO had been quashed since the regime began in 2008. What is going on?

A High Court judge has blocked the planned reopening of Manston Airport, in Kent.

A 10m hole beneath a runway at Manston Airport in Kent has now been repaired, following its discovery on Boxing Day.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has delayed his decision on whether to approve plans to reopen Manston Airport in Kent.