Originally Posted by
Dobbo_Dobbo
Indeed - I don't think planning permission is needed for the piers but of course MAN need to do their internal planning...
My understanding is that they originally were going to do the pier that is now being left 'empty' first. However, they realised that they need capacity ASAP so the plan changed such that the 'empty' pier is to be marked out first to help short term capacity along with the addition of a lot of bussing gates to the north of the terminal building. Then the three actual piers will be added at which point they will re-assess.
This planning change was made during the same phase as the move to four piers I believe.