Latest Manston Airport News & Archive

The Secretary of State has granted development consent for the application to reopen and develop Manston Airport into a dedicated ...

From the Isle of Thanet News (https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2020/01/16/manston-airport-dco-decision-by-government-delayed-until-may/) “A decision by the Secretary of State over the development consent order to ...

Breaking news that Stone Hill Park have agreed a sale of the airport site with RSP. There is little information ...

This week, the meetings continued to examine the Development Consent Order submitted by RiverOak Strategic Partners Ltd, taking place in ...

This week, the initial meetings to examine the Development Consent Order submitted by RiverOak Strategic Partners Ltd are taking place ...

Registration to become an interested party has opened today for the Manston Airport Development Consent Order application. Interested Parties may participate ...

*** PINs decision is in *** The Planning Inspectorate have announced their decision regarding RSP’s submission to reopen Manston Airport ...

At the Extraordinary Thanet District Council meeting this evening, after a heated and passionate debate from all sides, the Local ...

The Planning Inspectorate (PINs) website yesterday, 18th July, shows that RSP have resubmitted their Development Consent Order application for Manston ...

Decision At Thanet District Council’s extraordinary Cabinet meeting tonight, the three Conservative Cabinet members present went against the officer’s recommendation ...

News comes today, on the same day we were expecting a decision whether the Development Consent Order submitted by RiverOak ...

RSP (Riveroak Strategic Partners) have today submitted their application for a Development Consent Order. This long-awaited submission seeks to compulsorily ...

Housing minister Sajid Javid has suggested that Thanet council will not get special treatment over its failure to publish its ...

Stone Hill Park have issued a statement in response to the disclosure earlier this month by The Isle of Thanet ...

Tonight, Thanet District Council in the Extraordinary Council Meeting, voted against progressing the draft Local Plan to the next stage ...

The latest RSP consultation is now open and will run until 11.59pm on Friday 16th February 2018. Copies of all ...

RSP has published details on Friday 5 January 2018 of a further public consultation, on proposals to reopen Manston Airport, ...

The Special Development Order to secure the runway area of Manston Airport has been extended for a further two years, ...

In Sir Roger Gale's column this week in the Thanet Extra, he has announced that he is strongly requesting RSP ...

In a surprising turn of events today, Stone Hill Park have announced a radical change to their plans for the ...

The Department for Transport has today informed the High Court that it will withdraw plans for a lorry park at ...

At last night’s Cabinet meeting the Draft Local Plan (DLP) was progressed to the publication stage by a vote of ...

A 41- page report has been sent to the Planning Inspectorate by Pinsent Masons on behalf of Stone Hill Park ...

Blackpool airport has been bought from the previous owners, Balfour Beatty for £4.25m by Blackpool Council after they purchased other ...

As there have been rumours posted on social media regarding this years show being the last, we have obtained the ...

We hope this will be a helpful overview of the current situation regarding the campaign. We will update this from ...

The decision of the Public Inquiry regarding Lothian Shelf ‘s (718) appeal to allow the re-designation of buildings on Manston ...

Further to the recent post regarding the delay to the Public Inquiry decision we have just received another email from Fran ...

Publication of the decision for the Change of Use Public Inquiry has been delayed, but expected by the end of ...

RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP) begin their six week block of statutory consultations on Wednesday 14th June. If you have any ...

In reference to the upcoming General Election, we have attempted to bring together all the relevant manifesto statements and comments ...

RSP have just posted the dates for their statutory consultations and published details of their Statement of Community Consultation. RiverOak ...

After initially expecting to issue a decision no later than Friday 26th May 2017, the Planning Inspectorate has decided to ...

RSP have released a statement saying that their plans for Manston Airport will create up to 30,000 jobs in Thanet ...

Three years ago today, on 15th May 2014, we witnessed the closure of Manston Airport which resulted in the loss ...

New aviation investor lines up for Compulsory Purchase Order on Manston Airport. We are extremely pleased to announce, as reported ...

RSP have announced that their formal public consultation events will commence on Monday 12th June. "The consultation will last for ...

RiverOak Strategic Partnership Limited (RSP) have had to apply for a new licence to access the Manston Airport site. The ...

The future of Manston Airport was discussed yesterday by UKIP Leader Paul Nuttall when he paid a visit to Thanet ...

At today's Dover District Council Cabinet Meeting, the Cabinet voted unanimously to accept the Officer's recommendations to submit the following ...

The final day of the inquiry saw the following: Site visit to Manston Airport. Oral evidence by Sue Girdler of TG ...

Day three saw the following: Oral submission by Sir Roger Gale MP (in opposition to the appeal), with cross examination ...

Unfortunately, again only witnesses and the representatives from RiverOak Strategic Partners have decided to use the microphones provided, so that ...

From "The Isle of Thanet News": A Public Inquiry into the change of use of four buildings at Manston airport ...

In basic terms this is a study into not having Air Traffic Controllers based at Manston, but instead at some ...

The Chief Executive of Dover District Council, Nadeem Aziz, has prepared a report containing suggested representations be made to Thanet District ...

RiverOak have published their draft Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC) which has already been sent to Thanet District Council, Kent ...

For more details on the history of Manston, there is now a new website, Facebook page and Twitter account. They bring ...

RiverOak Investments have spent their first day on site today (7 February 2017) after gaining access to Manston Airport to ...

With his direct permission to release, Edi Truell states: "Our team have invested in 14 airports around the world; having ...

It has been announced today that the London based investment company, Disruptive Capital, with Edi Truell as Chairman, is to commission ...

News from Lydd Airport has been rather sparse of late - it would appear that negotiations have been taking rather ...

The latest press release from Sir Roger Gale covers some good points about the need for infrastructure development generally in ...

Both the Global Vigilant and the New Line Networks masts planned at Richborough have been refused planning permission at Dover ...

This Friday, 20th January 2017, Thanet District Council open their 8 week Public Consultation of the draft Local Plan. This is ...

Carol Vorderman has joined an all party Parliamentary group (APPG) which yesterday launched a fight for the £3bn General Aviation ...

RiverOak have produced this document, dated September 2016, in response to the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission. In it, they ...

From Air Cargo News 10.1.2017 "The latest statistics from IATA show that air cargo demand in freight tonne km terms ...

The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - The Tigers are returning to Thanet and will be based at the Defence ...

The Section 53 notice has gone up on the Planning Inspectorate Portal. It lays out the terms and conditions allowing ...

Manston Airport was the subject of another of Lembit Opik's discussion programmes on BBC Radio Kent today. In it, Cllr ...

Happy New Year from the SuMA Team! We are expecting 2017 to be the definitive year for the Manston Airport ...

As we approach the end of yet another year of campaigning here is a quick round up of some of ...

We would just like to wish all our supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  We also ...

We have had word from the Case Manager, that the Public Inquiry into the Change of Use of four Manston buildings ...

An update from RiverOak. Dec 20, 2016 | Media statement On Monday 19 December the Planning Inspectorate confirmed to Bircham ...

At the TDC Planning Meeting last night, 14th December, the Planning Committee passed a motion to withdraw their objections to ...

We have received this official statement from Simon Mason, Principal Archaeological Officer at Kent County Council after we made representations ...

Thanet’s next draft Local Plan consultation is due to begin on or around 9th January 2017 and will run for ...

There has been a lot of recent commentary regarding item 7 listed in TDC’s Planning Committee meeting on Wednesday 14th ...

At tonight’s Cabinet meeting, attended by SuMA, Deputy Leader Cllr Lin Fairbrass presented agenda item 7 regarding the Thanet Local ...

A supplementary document to the Local Plan Annex 6 appears, alongside others, in the minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny ...

In the Meeting of the Council, December 1st 2016, attended by members of SuMA, although there were only minimal discussions in ...

The main subject at last night's Extraordinary Overview & Scrutiny Panel meeting (21st November 2016) at Thanet District Council, attended ...

As published here: http://www.ftnonline.co.uk/2016/11/01/manston-case-study-conflict/ on 1st November 2016. Flying politician Lembit Öpik reviews the on-going dispute over the future of Manston Airport ...

The date for the Public Inquiry into the change of use of four buildings at Manston Airport has been announced ...

Thanet Council consistently ignoring RiverOak communication Nov 18, 2016 | Media statement from RiverOak Investments RiverOak has made numerous attempts ...

Thanet District Council have issued a comprehensive explanation of the current status of Manston Airport in the form of Questions ...

Last night's Thanet District Council Cabinet meeting (17th November 2016) was attended by members of the SuMA committee. We were ...

Edi Truell has given us his permission to publish the email he sent earlier on 15th November 2016 to selected ...

Press Release from UKIP Thanet today (15th November 2016) regarding Edi Truell: UKIP Thanet has read Edi Truell's recent email ...

While we continue to wish Discovery Park under the management of Paul Barber, well with their site, we will continue ...

The proposed new Local Plan document has been posted on the Council website for presentation before an emergency Overview and ...

An, arguably valid, opinion by International Airport Review, about what Sir Howard Davies missed in regard to Manston, and other, ...

"At a meeting in Beltinge Village Hall convened by the Herne Bay Town Crier last week the lead item was ...

RiverOak have published their letter by RPS Planning & Development, on their behalf, in response to the latest KCC Local ...

There are long term proposals being brought back to light this evening (Thursday 27th October 2016) about a multi-million pound ...

It seems scandalous to give Stone Hill Park that amount of taxpayers money when freight could have been landing on the ...

We commend local councillor Peter Evans for standing up for his principles. Article from http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/ukip-councillor-quits-planning-role-114726/ The chairman of Thanet District Council’s ...

Tonight members of SuMA attended the Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting at Thanet District Council to witness the debate concerning ...

By now, it is likely that most have seen or heard of the Government’s decision that a new runway will ...

Chris Grayling MP is set to signal an appetite for new runways at UK regional airports this week, in a ...

Next week RiverOak are due to publish their full rebuttal of the Avia report following their interim response last week ...

SuMA Committee members attended the Thanet District Council meeting last night (13th October 2016) to hear the Leader's comments regarding the ...

RiverOak have issued this statement today in connection with the viability report on Manston Airport. RiverOak: Factual errors, poor methodology ...

In contrast to the negativity of the Avia Report which states that freight in the UK is stagnating comes this ...

PRESS RELEASE WEDNESDAY, 12TH OCTOBER 2016 Thanet Lib Dems Say that Manston Airport Report is Narrow and Blinkered The recently ...

A view published in the Telegraph today by someone with first-hand knowledge of the issue with airport capacity in the ...

RiverOak Investments have posted this statement on their website in response to today's viability report on Manston Airport by Avia ...

We are extremely disappointed, and somewhat surprised, by today's published Avia Report regarding the future viability of Manston Airport. We ...

The Manston Airport Viability report is out. Thanet District Council's Press Release: https://www.thanet.gov.uk/the-thanet-magazine/press-releases/2016/october/manston-airport-viability-report/ The Viability Report: https://www.thanet.gov.uk/media/3500741/Final-Report-for-TDC-Manston-Airport-Viability-Oct2017_2.pdf Avia's Summary: It is ...

In this weekend's Kent on Sunday, Cllr Wells said:“Things will start moving quickly, I expect both Dreamland and Manston to ...

Frederick has again pushed Manston in his Daily Express column today (he did this previously in January 2016: http://www.supportmanstonairport.org/frederick-forsyths-comment-manston-airport/) "THE ...

We understand that the Public Inquiry, has now been postponed from 1st November 2016 until January 2017. The Inquiry is ...

The matter of the consultee response by KCC to the planning application of Stone Hill Park where it was quoted ...

Sep 20, 2016 | Media statement 90% of local people who took part in the recent informal consultation by RiverOak ...

Main Image: An Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle of either No. 296 or 297 Squadron RAF, taking off from Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, with ...

Heathrow expansion is a “fantasy” and should be “consigned to the dustbin”, Boris Johnson has said ahead of a decision ...

As a campaign group, we were disappointed that "Battle of Britain Day" was the day the current owners of Manston had ...

Press release from Sir Roger Gale MP Manston Airport – Government confirms support for an air freight hub The Secretary of ...

New Luftwaffe tactics On 15 September - now known as "Battle of Britain Day" - the Luftwaffe launched two huge ...

Sep 14, 2016 | Media statement RiverOak Investments has appointed Suzanne Ornsby QC to represent the firm at the forthcoming ...

Let Britain Fly have released a report into the importance of air freight to UK exports. Some extracts: "A quick ...

Sep 6, 2016 | Media statement On Kent Online today (6 September 2016), the No Night Flights campaign suggests, among ...

Today, 5th September 2016 is the last day you can have your say on the informal consultation, at the address ...

We have received notice that the Public Inquiry into the refusal of the change of use of one building at ...

It comes as no surprise that Kent County Council, led by the apparently anti-airport Leader Paul Carter, “strongly supports” the ...

The notes of the latest meeting notes between RiverOak and the Planning Inspectorate have been published. Extracted from the report: File ...

Prime Minister, Winston Churchill visits in 1940 and 56 emergency landings in one night in 1942 see the approval for ...

RiverOak Investments has highlighted inaccuracies in comments by Stone Hill Park spokesman Ray Mallon in the Kent Online business story ...

The leader of Dover District Council, Paul Watkins has formally responded to the pre-consultation documents in connection with RiverOak's plans ...

This is part of the very real way that the current closure of the airport affects everything around us, including ...

August 24th was an eventful day for Manston airfield and Thanet, in more than one year: #OnThisDay1940 264 Sqn Defiants ...

A letter by SuMA published in this week's Isle of Thanet Gazette There has been some criticism of Thanet District ...

Described by many as "The Hardest Day", Manston escaped most of what the Luftwaffe would today throw at the RAF ...

News back in April confirmed that Bristow would be maintaining a permanent service run from Lydd Airport and not from ...

We are updating our email subscription service which has been in place now for over a year, in order to ...

It is really good news that a party with infrastructure expertise and readily promoting infrastructure in this country will be ...

12th August 1940 marked the first major raid inland against RAF airfields by the Luftwaffe and Manston was to feel ...

The Planning Inspectorate has published their Scoping Opinion in response to Riveroak's Scoping report for Manston Airport. This basically considers ...

Kent County Council have opened a far-reaching consultation called the Local Transport Plan 4 which will run until 30th October ...

A representation made on behalf of Mr Hilton, the owner of the former Manston Court Garage and Worlds Wonder site, ...

Thanet District Council have published details about the latest independent report commissioned into the viability of Manston Airport. The Council ...

Following on from our post reporting on the push for the British Infrastructure Group's (BIG) Report for a decision on ...

Environmental Health's submission to the planning application by Stone Hill Park for Manston Airport has been published on the planning ...

As we know SHP (Lothian Shelf (718) Ltd) have lodged an appeal against Thanet District Council (TDC) because of the ...

The latest submission on SHP's planning application is from the Kent Wildlife Trust who say - "Kent Wildlife Trust would ...

London City Airport expansion will create 1,600 airport jobs and potentially add £1.5 billion to the UK economy by 2025 ...

Thanet District Council have posted that they have instructed an independent viability study into the future of Manston Airport to ...

Grant Shapps is leading a group of MPs in urging the Prime Minister to make a final decision about airport ...

The MOD have submitted a secondary document to the planning applications by Stone Hill Park. This concentrates on the effect ...

RiverOak have issued a statement to counter discussions on night flights. "RiverOak investments would like to dispel the myth that ...

BBC Radio Kent's Jo Burn talking to Riveroak's Tony Freudmann about their plans. Unfortunately their "80" people present seems a ...

"John Hayes MP has been appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Transport" https://twitter.com/transportgovuk/status/754077564075962368 It is reported that ...

Patrick McLouglin has been moved from Transport to become Conservative Party Chairman and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Department ...

He could make a obvious start in Thanet by overseeing the reopening of Manston Airport. From: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county-news/thames-estuary-kent-lord-heseltine-98946/ Lord Heseltine will launch ...

There are some interesting comments amongst what appears to be a lot of requirements, so we have extracted a few ...

A positive and unequivocal response from the Leader of neighbouring Dover Council supporting the role of Manston as an Airport ...

The Case Officer responsible for the planning appeals has notified us that the 'informal hearing' this week (set for Wednesday ...

The MOD have submitted an objection to the planning applications by Stone Hill Park. They are concerned that the proximity ...

RiverOak Investments have published more details on their 'Informal Consultation' and an updated 'Our Proposals for Manston'. This includes a ...

You have up to the end of this Friday, 8th July 2016, to submit your objections about Stone Hill Park's proposed mixed ...

RiverOak Investments are holding six informal, drop-in, consultation events in July about their proposals for Manston. Here are the dates: ...

The Scoping Report for the Development Consent Order being pursued by RiverOak has been published on the National Infrastructure Planning ...

A reminder that the 'Why Not Manston?' group will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 25th June 2016 ...

To complement what Russ is saying in the earlier article is a second report about KCC and TDC's continued commitment to ...

Liberal Democrat Russ Timpson, supporter of and campaigner for Manston Airport, talks about the importance of the airport to future ...

On this day, 6th June 1944, known as D-Day, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of ...

The planning application by Stone Hill Park has now gone live. SuMA will submit a group objection and you are ...

Now there's a surprise. If the current owners were so confident of their ability that the CPO/DCO and the other ...

RiverOak have just announced that they have finalised their team for the DCO process.  Their statement follows: RiverOak Investments finalises ...

Despite the council officer’s recommendations that Thanet District Council should not pursue a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) for Manston Airport ...

Thanet District Council Officer's recommendation will be to take no further action on Manston Airport CPO process, but two investors ...

A press release from Sir Roger Gale's office 25 May, 2016. Access to Manston Airport – MP slams Site Controllers ...

Here is the Government Response to the Transport Committee's First Report of Session 2015–16 Surface Transport to Airports inquiry. This ...

Press release from Sir Roger Gale - 12 May, 2016. North Thanet`s MP, Sir Roger Gale, has this morning dismissed ...

ITV Meridian's coverage on the SHP press conference today. "The new owners of the former Manston airport site told ITV ...

Stone Hill Park (SHP) held a press conference this morning at Manston Airport. Spokesman, Ray Mallon, spoke 'bullishly' about the 1000+ ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-10/new-london-mayor-removes-obstacle-to-city-airport-expansion "Newly elected Mayor Sadiq Khan has dropped the Greater London Authority’s objection to London City Airport’s plan to purchase ...

A deal has been made between the Department for Transport and the current owners of Manston Airport to extend the ...

The latest Report on airport expansion. 04 May 2016. We as airport campaigners wish to add our voice and say ...

A report from the Save Manston Airport group some of whom attended a meeting at Cliffsend on Thursday 28th April where ...

On Saturday 28th May 2016, we will be celebrating the centenary of Manston Airfield. In the grounds of the Spitre ...

Department for Transport today (Wednesday) confirmed that the service will remain at Lydd Airport. Disappointing but not totally unexpected news with ...

The Transport Select Committee met again this afternoon to discuss Operation Stack. The Committee, under the Chair of Louise Ellman, ...

On the 9th April 2014 (two years ago today) the last KLM flight left Manston Airport.   At the time, everyone ...

Some interesting questions appear on the Planning Inspectorate website regarding the relationship between a DCO (Development Consent Order) and a ...

An overview of the current situation with Manston Airport As published in Thanet Extra 6th April 2016 We are currently ...

Following on from our previous article updating on the Planning Appeals here, details have been released of Thanet District Council's response ...

Support the RAF Red Arrows by donating to the RAF Museum's Names On A Plane campaign: https://namesonaplane.org/ We hope to see ...

From today's Thanet Gazette; "The Manston airport radar is being removed after it was sold to a third party in ...

This report in today's Kent on Sunday says that most people in Kent do not want a 'Boris Island' airport ...

Some very good general observations by Manston supporter Mark Crutchlow in the Thanet Gazette of 25th March 2016. He says: "While ...

Update on the Planning Appeals for Change of Use at Manston Airport. In regards to the planning appeals currently in ...

A second meeting with RiverOak and the Planning Inspectorate has taken place on the 23rd February in regards to the ...

This survey has been commissioned by @BorisJohnson to gauge feelings about siting an airport to the East of London. When ...

Congratulations to Jill Hogben on the publication of her book based on her mother's Manston romance. It just goes to ...

Below is a link to the 78 page Mayor of London's report, entitled 'Landing the Right Airport', which was written in response ...

Boris Johnson still sees the need to look at alternatives to expansion at Heathrow. Well Boris, Manston Airport is here ...

Today, 19th March 2016, marks the second anniversary since Ann Gloag announced that she was to close Manston Airport. This ...

After a concerted campaign from airshow organisers and display pilots the UK Civil Aviation Authority has just announced a phasing ...

Stone Hill Park Consultation Feedback Stone Hill Park have been holding consultation events for their latest proposals for the Manston ...

Cllr Jenny Matterface has taken over the role as the new leader for Thanet Council's Labour group, after Iris Johnston ...

As previously reported, New Line Networks are proposing to build a 1,000ft communication mast at Richborough. The mast would be ...

Justine Greening, the International Development Secretary, predicted that the Cabinet would conclude that the west London airport should not be ...

Concerns have been raised in this week's Kent on Sunday that Bristow's Search and Rescue are operating within previously restricted ...

If David Cameron would keep his pledge to re-open Manston Airport we could have visitors flying directly into Kent thereby boosting ...

Interesting news that Councillor Beverley Martin (Thanet District Council) has today rejoined UKIP from DIG (Democratic Independent Group), when the ...

London City Airport has been bought for around £2billion by a Canadian-led group. They already own a string of airports, ...

RiverOak Investments have published an update on their website as follows - "The RiverOak Investments senior team met with key ...

Chris Wells confirmed, during his Leader's speech tonight at a full Council Meeting, that they are going forward with the ...

At the Thanet Council Planning Committee meeting tonight, a recommendation was sought in order to express the Council's views to ...

We are delighted to announce that initially five potential CPO partners responded in the recent soft marketing testing exercise. As ...

In the upcoming Thanet District Council Planning Committee meeting on the 17th February 2016, Lothian Shelf (718) Ltd's appeals against ...

Lydd airport owners can see the potential of investing and expanding to create jobs and a thriving airport. Hopefully Manston ...

On Monday (8th February, 2.30pm) the Transport Select Committee will be hearing evidence from the Secretary of State for Transport ...

We have had a very busy and productive day speaking to lots of people to organise the Manston Airport Centenary ...

Lothian Shelf (718) has appealed to the Secretary of State against Thanet District Council's decision to refuse planning permission for: ...

The prior information notice (PIN) for Manston Airport has been re-issued today on OJEU. The email address has been altered ...

A mention of Manston Airport by Frederick Forsyth in Friday 1st Jan 2016's Daily Express. "It's only an idea and ...

RiverOak has decided to use the Development Consent Order (DCO) process established by the Planning Act 2008, as amended by ...

SuMA are very pleased that TDC have announced the re-opening of the soft market testing for the CPO of Manston ...

The Cabinet of Thanet District Council voted last night (29th October 2015) to take no further action on the CPO ...

During the planning meeting last night (21st October 2015), attended by SuMA, the Planning Committee rejected the application for change of ...

In an article today by Paul Francis, on KentOnline, RiverOak has indicated that it could turn to the courts to ...

What we knew already Back in 2014, the Government was asked to consider extending the current enterprise zone at Discovery ...

Historic Manston Airport, which served as a front-line airfield during both World Wars, will once again come to the aid ...

The Government's response to recommendations made by the Transport Select Committee on  smaller airports in the UK has now been published ...

We have started to get arrangements underway for Manston's Centenary celebrations next May. Please save the date for the celebration of ...

Do you want to stay up-to-date with the latest news from Supporters of Manston Airport? You can now subscribe by ...

There has been a lot of concerned talk, mostly from misinformed individuals, about the amount of money being spent on ...

At today’s Kent County Council meeting Roger Latchford, UKIP Leader, put forward a motion regarding Manston Airport watched by supporters in ...

An article written by Lembit Opik from the July 2015 edition of "Flight Training News". Thank you to a kind ...

A statement from Sir Roger Gale MP on Manston Airport, following comments from Kent County Council Leader Paul Carter. "I understand ...

Tonight Thanet District Council Cabinet have agreed to contract external lawyers to advise on the suitability of RiverOak as a CPO ...

Supporters of Manston Airport now has a PayPal account, to enable us to accept easy, fast and secure donations. To make ...

Ruth Bailey had the following letter on Cartner and Musgrave's presentations on Stone Hill Park published in the Isle of ...

Today we remember the Battle of Britain on the 75th anniversary, including the role that Manston Airport played. "Manston RAF base ...

Sir Howard Davies` recently published report on the future of hub airport capacity in the South East has set out, ...

We've just heard from the KCC UKIP Leader, Cllr Roger Latchford, that he has submitted a full Council question and ...

We've been working closely with an independent planning consultant to put together the following objections to the proposed change of ...

The long-awaited PwC report that investigates how Thanet District Council handled the CPO procedure has now been released. The report ...

The post below from Brendan Martin captivated our attention, and is a very good description of Mallon's war of words. It's ...

New MP for Thanet South Craig Mackinlay mentions Manston Airport in his first speech at the House of Commons ...

Supporters of Manston Airport would like to remind all our supporters to vote carefully in the elections this May. We ...

Transport Minister John Hayes Delivers Double Boost for Manston Airport John Hayes, the Minister of State for Aviation, has today ...

Supporters of Manston Airport have worked tirelessly the past few days to bring this advert to press, in response to ...

We have just received a document from Paul Carter, 16 pages long, outlining his actions past and present over Manston ...

Transport Select Committee Smaller Airports Inquiry The House of Commons Transport Select Committee report investigating issues surrounding Smaller Airports has now ...

We will be out in force on March 19th to mark the one year anniversary of the announcement of Manston's ...

We have just received the following comment made by Thanet District Councillor John Worrow. We are extremely concerned at who ...

Dover District Council has spoken out against Thanet District Council's approach to the local plan and Manston Airport strategy in ...

The government will appoint a consultant to undertake a review of the process so far on decisions about the future ...

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, we still have one lovely lady looking for love. Can you help an old girl ...

We would like to share with you the SuMA committee's final response to the Smaller Airports Inquiry conducted by the ...

There has been an industrial accident involving one male casualty at Manston Airport this afternoon. The man, believed to have ...

The Commons Transport Select Committee has held a second evidence session as part of the smaller airports enquiry today. This ...

You can view the full and official recording of the Transport Select Committee's evidence session focussing on Manston Airport below ...

The Commons Transport Select Committee will hold a second evidence session as part of the smaller airports enquiry on 2nd ...

Ruth Bailey will be representing the Manston Airport Independent Party in the 2015 General Election in the Thanet South constituency ...

The final details of the second session of the smaller airports inquiry have been announced on the parliament website today ...

Have you seen the Manston Airport Indepedent Party campaign video yet? Have a watch below! More information can found at www.votemanstonairport.org.uk ...

We have now had confirmation that both letters and emails commenting on the Draft Local Plan to 2031 will be ...

For those of you as befuddled with responding to the Thanet District Council Local Plan Consultation as we first were, ...

We've now received some more information on how the House of Commons evidence session is likely to work. This information ...

The Thanet Local Plan will set out policies and proposals that will be used to guide decisions and investment on ...

The Thanet District Council Overview and Scrutiny Panel have called in the decision made by the Cabinet last month that ...

YOU are invited to comment on the draft local plan. If you want to keep the Manston Airport for aviation ...

Published here in full is the legal advice Thanet District Council sought on the CPO! It's interesting that this legal ...

Thanet District Council cabinet votes no further action to be taken at present time on Manston Airport CPO. However, Documents ...

The Thanet Gazette has reported the following after RiverOak's extensive rebuttal of TDC's report that recommended against the CPO: "However, ...

This evening RiverOak Investment Corp. have released a rebuttal to the Thanet District Council report that recommends against a CPO of ...

We have received some much more positive news this evening - Iris has called an Extraordinary Full Council meeting on Tuesday ...

Shall we have a peek into what's going on internally at TDC at the moment? Let's have a look at ...

The Council Officers' report in regards to the airport CPO has been published. The  officer's recommendation reads "that no further action ...

Kent County Council have FINALLY released the minutes from the meeting of Ruth Bailey, Gary Easton and MP Sir Roger ...

28th November 2014 We want to try and clarify some of the misinformation that you might have read elsewhere and ...

On the 11th December the Supporters of Manston Airport group will be assembling outside Thanet District Council for the presentation ...

We are aware of the recent accusations on another page that RiverOak's plans include building residential units in conjunction with ...

This is what you've been waiting for! It looks as if KCC Leader Paul Carter may have know as early ...

Thanet District Council have now released the Final Thanet Preferred Option Draft Local Plan. Please see here for more information ...

Dear Mr Carter, I am struggling to understand the comments you are making regarding the future of Manston Airport. Manston, ...

Originally posted by Alison Wilby, but reposted with her permission. She has also said "Iris Johnston and Sir Roger Gale ...

We'd like to welcome members of the RiverOak Invesment Corp. management team who are in Thanet to meet with the ...

Please find below a selection of our Supporters of Manston Airport posters. NO TO HOUSING and YES TO CPO - ...

We have just received the following update from Iris Johnston council leader on Thursday's cabinet meeting report "will be purely ...

A peaceful protest by all pro-Manston groups will be held on Thursday 2nd October. Everyone is welcome to attend, whether ...

It has been announced today that the Discovery Park Group have purchased a major share (80%) in the Manston Airport ...

Iris Johnston (Leader, Thanet District Council) met with Grant Shapps (Conservative Party Chairman, Cabinet Minister without Portfolio) today. Upon their arrival at Manston ...

We love this short Supporters of Manston Airport and Save Manston Airport video by Billy-Rae Palmer - featuring Music for ...

Parties that made themselves known to Thanet District Council as interested in becoming an indemnity partner should have now submitted ...

Dear Sirs, As a (now ex) Manston Air Traffic Controller, I would like to respond to various misconceptions about the ...

After the success of our last newsletter, we’d like to welcome you to our second edition. As always, it’s been ...

Please view here Riveroak's latest submission to the Airport Commission. The associated press release can be read here ...

To all our members, friends and supporters, Welcoming our first newsletter! The Save Manston Airport group continues as Supporters of ...

Minutes of Supporters of Manston Airport meeting 08/08/14 16:00hrs  Rickus Bar, Margate Attendees Dave Holland – Treasurer Wendy Fraser – ...

One of our supporters had a meeting with Councillor Jack Cohen of Thanet District Council today. Here is a short ...

A compulsory purchase order PIN (prior information notice) has now been issued by Thanet District Council. This will allow the next ...

Some excellent Manston myth posters for distribution, created by forum user Finn McCool. Please feel free to print and share, ...

An Open Letter from Gary Easton My name is Gary Easton and I worked for Air Atlanta Icelandic and Eujet ...

Following excellent turn-out by SMA and eloquent debate by pro-Manston councillors, the following recommendations were passed: The commissioned viability report ...

Campaigners were greeted with excellent news yesterday, as we obtained a copy of a letter to Iris Johnston and Thanet ...

Gale`s View – 16 July, 2014 Ms Gloag has one very considerable achievement to her name. In the desire to ...

"Our hearing on Wednesday was for an injunction to allow us to use the runway unlicenced in accordance with all ...

A petition of almost 8,000 signatures was presented to Thanet District Council tonight (Thursday 10 July) calling for the authority ...

Labour county councillors will put forward a proposal for KCC to foot part of the bill for a potential Compulsory Purchase Order ...

11th July 2014, meeting at 18:00 at the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum.  A march to show our community's solidarity ...

A joint statement from the offices of MP Sir Roger Gale and MP Laura Sandys Following lobbying by Thanet MPs ...

Our latest petition, for a compulsory purchase to be performed on Manston Airport by Thanet District Council has now closed ...

Save Manston Airport would like to cordially invite you to our upcoming public meeting on the 19th July at The ...

Leader meeting with Save Manston Airport Committee – 12 June 2014 Attendees: Cllrs: Iris Johnston (Leader), Richard Nicholson (Deputy Leader) ...

We're concerned about the severe lack of any real action or public statement by Kent County Council regarding Manston Airport. We ...

Credit to Billy-Ray Palmer ...

Thank you all for your attendance at tonight's Save Manston Airport rally. Attendance and atmosphere was absolutely brilliant and we ...

This Friday 30th May, 6pm at Manston Airport.In response to the following news report, where it is confirmed BOTH Paul ...

Joyce Girdler talks about the closure of the airport in this video. Joyce Girdler married LAC (Leading Aircraftsman) Ted Girdler ...

MP Sir Roger Gale is backing our calls for a compulsory purchase order (CPO) to be issued on Manston Airport ...

PLEASE E-MAIL THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT. WE NEED IMMEDIATE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION. Patrick McLoughin, Secretary of State for Transport patrick.mcloughlin@dft.gsi.gov.uk  ...

A third last-minutes bid from Riveroak was rejected by Ann Gloag, minutes before airport operations ceased at 5pm yesterday. The ...

The results from our Time VS. Distance challenge are in! ...

After some earlier uncertainties, we have now been contacted by staff who have asked for a show of support at ...

"This is my team ... these are the men of Blue Watch. They are proud, dedicated, professional and my second family. After ...

The team will be hitting the road on Tuesday and heading to the House of Commons in our own Top ...

We'd like to thank the hundreds of supporters who joined us at Manston Airport last night (9th May 2014) to ...

Today it was announced that Manston Airport's operations will cease next Thursday (15 May 2014). More information to be found ...

We regret to announce that today we have learnt that yesterday's official bid has been rejected by Ann Gloag. The ...

" North Thanet`s MP, Sir Roger Gale, has indicated that this (Sunday) afternoon a formal offer has been made for ...

The minutes from the Margate Winter Gardens public meeting, held on 26th April, are now available to download here. Many ...

The following speech was created and read by Nicholas Reed, chairman of the 'Why Not Manston?' group at our public ...

"One airport for sale, excellent facilities, superb wide runway, expert and committed staff, good infrastructure. Full end-of-life license to dismantle ...

MANSTON NEEDS YOU! THE SAVE MANSTON AIRPORT PETITION is still open for signing, to anyone with a UK postcode. The ...

Below you will find a copy of Sir Roger Gale's speech at the adjournment debate on 29 April, and a ...

In 2011, Thanet District Council was asked by Infratil (previous airport owner) to comment on their proposals for night-time flying ...

Our meeting held at the Margate Winter Gardens  on 26th April is now available to view for those who missed ...

Minutes from the public meeting held on 30th March at Acol Village Hall, as reported by Wendy Fraser (group secretary) ...