Today's Times says that the planners have OK'd the Cargo hub but there will be a public enquiry before it goes ahead............... I'm not sure that is absolutely correct reading the local paper
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Government planning chiefs have agreed to take a look at plans to reopen Manston airport four years after it closed.Hopes to reopen the runway have been given a boost after the decision to accept an application for a development consent order (DCO) submitted by RiverOak Strategic Partners, the consortium which wants to turn the site into a cargo hub.The Planning Inspectorate today announced it would consider the bid after a previous application was withdrawn by RiverOak.
Manston airport has been shut for years (3588233)North Thanet`s MP Sir Roger Gale has welcomed the Planning Inspectorate`s decision to accept the application for a DCO for Manston Airport, saying it is “a first but very significant step in the right direction".“This means that Manston has been accepted as a site of nationally important infrastructure," he said.
expect the return of The Doctor!!!