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To see Manston reopened as a working airfield.
This will benefit the the people who live in Thanet where there high unemployment it will also economically benefit the area, which for too many years...
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I wish to make a representation in support of the application. Points I wish to include concern the economic benefits to the East Kent Region and additional points on how an active airfield with its...
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The airport will represent the greatest catalyst for East Kent to prosper instead of being "The arse end of Kent" as a KCC councillor described Thanet.The area is desperately in need of good quality...
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The use of the Manston airport site should be used for aviation purposes. It is clear that there is a need to increase the capacity for air freight in the U.K. and this site offers a viable solution...
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The re-opening of Manston Airport would have a potentially beneficial effect to create revenue and employment that may help to reinvigorate South-East Kent's fortunes.
The possibilities of of a good...
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Given the over-riding positive growth trends in civil aviation, I believe this site should be retained as an operational airfield with every opportunity afforded to allow it to be a civil airport. I...
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I was born and brought up in Broadstairs and the influence that Manston had, and should still have, on the local area was always discussed. It was a place we visited often to admire the Spitfire and...
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I am the Emeritus Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Kent and my family have lived in Kent for over 500 years. As the former Policy Advisor of the Countryside Alliance, former...
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There is currently extreme and increasing pressure on both major airports in the south of england, to expand, more runways needed. Surely by using Manston this will alleviate this problem and share...
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The RAF Manston History museum is a small volunteer run museum that currently has 23 Aircraft and thousands of exhibits on display.
Since the closure of Manston as an airport we have suffered from...
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Manston should be reopened as it would be a national asset.
It would relieve pressure elsewhere in the system.
An airport in East Kent will ensure the future of continued worthwhile employment in...
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I am anxious to see the retention of the current airport site and that aircraft movements be restored at economically rewarding levels using enhanced appropriate infrastructure suited to international...
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(1) That the applicant has avoided or failed to conduct necessary scope of Environmental Impact Study. Meaning Precautionary Principle, Public Health Impact, Epidemiology, Cumulative Impact...
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I wish to register my support for the re-opening of Manston as an airport. I am ex employee and saw the potential for the airport as a centre of employment for local people in an area of high...
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Manston has been an Airport for over 100 years, it should remain an active Airport.
The local economy needs to be improved and more jobs need to be available. An active Airport would provide...
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Jobs need to be made here, not housing
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My family feel that the airport should stay an airport, as there is enough houseing around here, and not enough work which the airport can provide,
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It is vital to the Thanet economy to re open Manston as a working hub airport. The amount of work opportunities will be huge.
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Having lived directly under the flight path for over 55 years I can recall the disturbance that flights over Ramsgate can and have caused. I will not spout on about health problems related to people...
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The plan submitted by RiverOak Strategic Partners [RSP] not only provides for an airfreight hub that can be of real value to UK PLC but is based on an existing facility, which eliminates the need for...
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I feel manston airport should be opened as an airport again no more houses
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Manston Airport is a site of great historical and regional importance.
With the advent of Brexit, air cargo will have increasing importance.
Manston is ideally situated to act as a cargo hub for...
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I believe the UK needs the air space for cargo that Manston and Riveroak can offer as well as the future protenshal for expansion and the local area needs the jobs created by a working airport.
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I am in support of the return of aviation to Manston Airport.
Thanet has the highest unemployment rate in Kent and is in desperate need of an economic boost.
Having lived in Bristol for several...
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I am a member of the public who used Manston Airport when it was open in the past for leisure travel. The convenience to the travelling public of having a local airport cannot be underestimated. ...
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We are in desperate need of lots of well paid jobs with a future for the young of the area. Seasonal low paid jobs doesn't create wealth for our youngsters . The airport is a perfect solution to this...
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The airport will provide much needed employment in both unskilled, semi and skilled work.
The plans by RSP are robust.
Post Brexit there will be even more need for excellent air freight...
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This airport is geographically posititioned for aviation close to the continent and has previously been successful as an airport. It would provide much needed employment for the area. It has good road...
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the objections to the proposed cargo hub airport are mainly pollution thro noise and fumes from the aircraft the point worth mentioning is the fact that the cargo carrying aircraft are normally the...
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I have lived in thanet all of my life i am now 61 its been a very swings and roundabouts place but mostly we have very high unemployment there is no uniqueness in learning new trades. There is a...
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Previous attempts to operate from Manston Airport have,in my opinion,failed because not enough investment was put into the airport itself. I believe the airport with the right plans and investment...
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Manston Airport is a United Kingdom future national asset - Commercial airports are powerful economic engines – generating billions of dollars in annual activity and supporting millions of good,...
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I would like to submit my thoughts on the re opening of Manston airport.
The airport has had a long history on this site and over the years has been an asset to the area,it has mainly been for...
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The main points i would like to put forward are the advantages of Manston Airport.
1.Take pressure off other airports, by taking a large portion of our air cargo flights.
2.Can add 100's jobs to the...
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I would like Manston airport to re-open as I would like to travel from that airport. I travel by aeroplane frequently and before it closed I had the suitable flight for me.
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I object to the re-use of Manston Airport for aviation on the grounds that it has failed over a very long period of time and under several companies to make a profit, to provide many well paid jobs or...
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If Manston airport is developed into an airport for freight flights, the noise will be excessive resulting in sleep deprivation. There will be increased traffic, especially HGV's which will also add...
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The reopening of Manston airport is not only a nationally needed Airport, but the economic strength it will bring to the one of the most deprived areas of the south east will know no bounds. well paid...
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I believe that Manston should be reinstated to full use as soon as possible for the following reasons.
1/ Employment in the area now and for many years into the future.
2/ The airport freight hub...
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Reopening Manston International Airport will provide much needed employment in Thanet and East Kent for the foreseeable future. It will also bring a long-overdue boost to the economy in the Thanet...
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I think its a shame its gone on so long we need airport for jobs and possible travel not for so many houses as what inforstructure will be availble for so many people and cars we are struggling with...
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The airport can only be profitable by providing an ever increasing number of night flights that will create noise levels intolerable to those beneath the flight path including the birds at the Bird...
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I agree with this proposal and think that the airport should return to its primary use as an airport either for freight or passenger use. l feel this would be a better use of the space and more...
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To whom it concerns
I and my family would like to have the airport reopened giving us the prospect of flights to Europe etc as it would be closer than travelling to Gatwick or Heathrow...
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I have lived my whole life in Herne Bay and am fully aware of any noise pollution from an operating airport.
The South East corner has been slipping into an industrial and general employment ...
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The proposal appears to meet the criteria to be accepted as a nationally significant infrastructure project.
It provides the only realistic option for the necessary increase in air cargo capacity in...
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I believe that the establishing of an airport at Manston will bring great benefits to Thanet and beyond. This would be by way of increased job prospects and creation of training opportunities within...
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I am a General Aviation pilot and welcome the opportunity for Manston airport to return to an operational status.
Additionally, Manston Airport should be retained as an aviation resource as part of...
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I fully support the regeneration of the Manston Airport Site for use as a fully functioning airport.
The Thanet area has been a depressed area for many years and desperately needs the advantages...
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Environmental impact (atomospheric and noise pollution)
Infrastructure impact (road capacity etc)
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As a former Royal Netherlands Air Force NCO who served at RAF laarbruch in Germany,
I found out what it mend for the local area when, after closing down, it was turned into a
international civilian...
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I would like this airport to be reestablished.
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I have participated in the aircraft industry across the globe since 1957 and have vast experience; I wish to make available to the Secretary of State a this most critical moment. A new era is dawning...
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I strongly object to the application to re-open Manston airport as a cargo hub. This is not wanted or needed in the area. Many people have been misled into believing that this will be a return to the...
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The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
Temple Quay
Bristol BS1 6PN
Dear Planning Inspector
I am writing to let you know my views on retaining Manston Airport for aviation purposes. There...
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With the loss of Pfizer and approximately 5000 jobs it is vital for the future of Thanet that the Manston Airport reopens as the proposed freight hub. This will provide a variety of jobs both highly...
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My interest in this application is to understand fully the impact the airport will have on the community both positive and negative.
How many jobs this will create for the local area both...
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Manston Airport is a purpose built airport already in situ with the necessary road infrastructure together with the possibility of a High speed train link, it just requires a company to implement a...
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I am passionately in favour of a return to aviation for Manston Airport for the following
main reasons...
-A mainly cargo based operation has an excellent chance of being successful
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I want to keep this as brief as possible. To keep Manston, for myself and my family, would mean so much to us. We have family who live in Jersey, and for years, have travelled to and from for numerous...
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interested local resident
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Manston Airport,has enormous potential as an economic generator for East Kent, and the Isle of Thanet in particular,its permanent closure would also mean the loss of a very long runway, which in times...
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Graham Denton
I have been in favour of Manston Airport remaining an airport since it's closure.
I have lived in Thanet all my life and I remember American thunder jets taking off
and landing there...
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The proposed development represents an opportunity to bring lasting employment to the Thanet area which can only serve to increase the prosperity of the area.
Residents need work whether they are in...
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I believe manston airport should be retained as a working airport as 1) the south east requires a further airport to cope with both freight and passenger traffic. 2) there is a dire need in the local...
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I would like to show how opening Manston Airport would benefit me. And why support it.
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I would like to see Manston reinstated to working airport status. Manston has enough surrounding land available without having to use this viable asset The airport would bring to the area valuable...
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Where is the work for these overflow use housing? Benefit Capital of England - ?come enjoy new Social housing likely paid for by London Councils so existing Run downs Estates can be sold for London...
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Manston Airport is a local and National Asset. Once it is lost it will be impossible to replace. The Airport is vital to the expansion of commercial activity and the future prosperity of the East Kent...
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As an A licensed Aircraft Technician I recognise the need in the Thanet area for high skilled jobs which is severely lacking at the moment. Riveroak have expressed their intention of investment at the...
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I cannot imagine up to 4000 houses turning Manston in to a concrete jungle where are all theses people going to see a GP? Dentist? QEQM Hospital? Schools? Jobs? most households have two cars =8000...
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With the saturation point reached for Gatwick and Heathrow for freight, I believe Manston is essential to the UK economy.
The Manston site must be protected as a site of historic...
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I have lived in Effingham Street since 1994 and in other locations in Ramsgate since 1989.
I have always kept an open mind on the issue of Manston as it was operational when I moved to Ramsgate but...
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Kent and Thanet need an international and domestic airport. Look at what Leeds and their airport have achieved, how and why. It will improve infrastructure, employment and cash flow to the p8blic and...
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My main consideration is of the noise created by the aircraft.
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The reopening of Manston airport.
Manston airport should reopen because:
It has a runway waiting to be used.
It will provide much needed jobs to Thanet and East Kent.
Help relieve Operation Stack...
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I think that there is a benefit for Manston to re-open as aviation.
There are lots of benefits:
Jobs - we need available jobs in the Thanet area.
The history of Manston airport - It is the old RAF...
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I am opposed to the reopening of Manston Airport because of:
a) Flight path directly over Herne Bay.
b) Night flights
c) Very noisy, very large old polluting aeroplanes.
d) Very large increase in...
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Need for an alternative airport in SE - both commercial and civilian
The value of providing work in particular East Kent.
For attracting industry to this area.
The avoidance of losing a...
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I am opposing to the developement proposed for the Manston Airport site.
My reasons are as follow :
All the constent to and fro of air flight traffic will inevitably results in a permanent high...
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This airport needs to remain to alleviate the pressures on the other main airports so they can concentrate on passenger service. The airport would and was a great assets to the are for work...
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Thank you for the opportunity to express my views on whether Manston should continue to be used as an Airport. Some background about me first. I have lived in east Kent for nearly thirty years and...
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The area around Manston is already congested with traffic. There are not enough doctors, dentists or schools in Thanet. Building thousands of houses on the airport site will make the area even more...
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I regard the retention of Manston Airport as a strategic National Importance.
As a freight hub it could save thousands of landing slots at Hearthrow and Gatwick, thus negating the need for a third...
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I am deeply opposed to Manston Airport being reopened for aviation purposes.
The site should be used for housing and recreation as opposed to building on prime agricultural land as is proposed...
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If Manston airport could re-open,
1.It would create work for one of the highest unemployment areas in the country.
2.It would bring more lndustry in an area that has land ready for...
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Thanet, with its Manston Airport, is in an excellent position to provide a Cargo Hub, with ancillary passenger facility, for the area considering its close proximity to the continent with road, rail...
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I fully support the application made by River Oak
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Manston Airport was, and can be again, a valuable national asset to the UK. Its closure was unwarranted and driven by greed rather than what would be beneficial for the Thanet Area and the UK as a...
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Manston Airport has one of the longest runways in Europe.
We would like it to return as an airport. It will save the government billons of pounds.
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I have lived in Kent all of my 75 years. The last 53 of them in East Kent. In that time I have seen many changes. With large companies like Hornby and Pfizers moving their main establishments away. We...
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I like many other locals do not want housing and Business development on the former airport.
Many local people are unlikely to afford it, if it were ever built as the current owners have only managed...
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To get Manston Airport open not just for the town which will bring jobs and trade but for the whole of the UK after Brexit there will be a need for more runways which Manston has the next longest and...
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Manston Airport will be as much help to the town of Margate as it will be to the Country as it has the best road and rail network to the whole of the Country bringing trade for the town and after...
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I fully support this application which will hopefully lead to the reopening of Manston Airport. The area needs this which needs I believe will not only provide many employment opportunities directly...
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I believe that the River Oak proposition for Manston Airport represents the best possible outcome for the area as it has the potential to create jobs, and bring a national asset back into use when we...
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Thanet needs the new homes proposed for the airport site.
Thanet needs the services, a primary school and medical centre that will accompany these new homes.
Residents near the site will be...
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Concerned about flight paths and noise over DEAL and KINGSDOWN
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I believe opening manston airport will be great for the local area and economy in an otherwise deprived area. Jobs in the area are much needed. For myself who is wanting to train to become a pilot it...
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I do not believe an airport running 24/7 commercial flights over Mostly Ramsgate is good for our area. It will cause noise and pollution over at least two schools and older properties in Ramsgate....
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