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I believe manston should be opened up as a airport due to
1) it will bring much needed jobs to the local people
2) it will aid the growth of Kent as a whole
3) it would help local haulage...
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1. The proposal would damage the health and well-being of Thanet citizens and have no national advantage
2. Resulting noise, day and night, and
3. Pollution,
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As a long term resident of Thanet and supporter of the reinstatement of the airport. I'm pleased that the DCO is under way. The opportuntiies for employment generated by the airport will provide a...
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I have lived in the town of Ramsgate all of my life, and importantly directly beneath the Manston flightpath over a 38 year period, therefore I am personally aware of what the effects are of having...
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I expect all agencies to work towards improving the quality of life in this country. That includes looking to the future and making reasonable judgements regarding what will best serve the country in...
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I support the potential for the re-opening of Manston Airport in Kent as an international passenger airport for the following reasons:
1. For the national interest of Britain because Manston...
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Hi I believe that Manston should remain as a airport it has enormous potential to provide much needed quality jobs and will a encourage supporting companies.
Manson would make a great hub for travel...
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1. Housing is not the best use of the airport
2. Water supplies may be totally inadequate
and the rainfall in Thanet is quite low
3. Thanet’s unemployment issues have always
been difficult and I...
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I strongly oppose Manston reopening as a freight hub. I have lived on the flight path for Manston Airport for 38 years. I know what that is like. I have also witnessed the arrival of various plans to...
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Harbour Towers Residents Association (HTRA)
Sir,
Harbour Towers is an 8-story, 45 flat tower block, housing approximately 100 people at an elevated position in Ramsgate directly on the previous and...
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The Herne Bay Coastal Community Team (CCT) is primarily focussed on regeneration of our seaside town through creating and supporting jobs creation projects. It is the wide belief of the CCT that the...
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I and my family want Manston reinstated as an airport. The population in the Kent area warrants a regional airport it would release pressure from Gatwick and Heathrow. There is enough land suitable in...
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I have lived in Ramsgate for over four years and am semi retired. I moved from the Richmond upon Thames area and am very aware of the effect the noise of landing planes can have on everyday life....
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I moved to Herne Bay twelve years ago and was not worried by living under the Manston flight path with limited flights, except when a cargo plane occasionally flew over. It was truly deafening and...
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I believe that the re-opening of Manston Airport is vital for the local community; it will bring jobs and travel opportunities to an area in need of more development. There is much energy in Margate...
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I believe that re-opening Manston Airport as a working commercial airport is the best move for the area and the site. There will be huge employment created by the running of an airport as opposed to...
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Firstly I would like to express my opinion on the reopening of Manston Airport. I do believe that reopening Manston Airport would be an asset to the whole of England not just Thanet. The reopening of...
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I live under the flightpath in Ramsgate, including during a period when the previous airport at Manston was operational. I am primarily concerned about noise as I remember that in the past I was woken...
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I write to support to bringing Manston Airport back into operation.
I am retired and no dependant children living here in Thanet, therefore answering with a truly open view.
Local jobs are in...
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Thanet is strategically placed for the development of a transport hub for both European and International flights. There is a very short overland flight path before aircraft are over the sea. This...
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Manston Airport should be re-opened because it would bring many jobs to a deprived area, the runway once the longest in England should be used again, Manston is very near the sea if any plane was in...
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Manston seems ill-placed for a viable cargo hub. Located far out, on the coast at the bottom of the UK, the logistics of getting cargo disseminated to and from here in a timely and cost-effective...
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I object to this application as I am an interested party living in close proximity to the proposed airport.
The airport has failed time and again and at no such time have we been subject to night...
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My Principal submissions are;
Increased Job opportunities and modern apprenticeships which are much needed
Increased opportunities for small businesses to develop and exspand
Increased...
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With reference to the reuse of Manston Airport. I must take this opportunity to strongly oppose any use of the airport which envoles night flights. In my opinion the noise will cause distress to...
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Its becoming clear that the best way to cause the minimum environmental damage is to
move stuff around by air. The road system is overloaded already and is about to get worse
In areas such as Kent,...
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this is a wonderful opportunity for kent and especially for thanet for me its a bit late in my life as I am born and bred in thanet and when the MOD moved from the location I was a younger man hoping...
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Having lived here for 31 years under the flight path (approx 1.5km from the runway) I am appalled that this is even being considered. When planes previously flew over it was impossible to have a...
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The re-development & re-opening of MANSTON AIRPORT is to be encouraged & enabled. It’s a national resource well worth retaining. Thanet does NOT need the site for housing. Its re-opening,...
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I want Manston to reopen as an airport, personally the journey to Gatwick or Heathrow from Kent is a nightmare, being a non driver it is so much less stressful to travel to Manston as I did in...
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I believe we need the airport as an airport not housing we don’t have enough doctors or nhs staff even if they built a brand new hospital on the site we don’t have the people to staff it. All the...
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There is nothing more disturbing than waking from deep sleep to the sound of a screaming engine, or engines 200 feet above your bed in the pitch black of night
It’s not fun living with unexpected 100...
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I have lived in Kent for much of my adult life, although am currently in the US. My father lives in Birchington, which I know and visit often.
I have seen the area in and around Thanet become more...
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I am not satisfied with the following aspects of the airport plan:
- the business plan including flight numbers, market share and job creation
- the environmental assessment including air...
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I am in favour of Manston remaining an airport. We need work and the country needs all of the large airports it's got. It would be a massive loss to the area, if Manston was lost to housing. I have...
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1) How can a site that has never successfully operated as an airport, despite many hundreds of thousands of pounds investment, ever be classified as a site of National Strategic Significance?
When...
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Please reopen Manston airport. The area can not support the SHP plan, there is no serious inferstructure enhancement plan to support it. We do not want London overspill in Thanet anyway. Please see...
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I would like to see it back open to take transport off of main roads, and reduce congestion towards Gatwick. It would be very handy for the people in the south east to use. It would create jobs for...
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manston as an airport is badly needed in the wider thanet community. any other use of this land would cause a serious imbalance . the runway and surrounding land is a national asset and could provide...
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Manston Airport site should remain an airport. it would provide a valuable asset to the area, taking the freight from Heathrow/Gatwick would free up more space at these airports for passenger travel,...
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Does the applicant really have financial backing for this project? Is it ‘real’ money? How is the money going to be guaranteed? Will the investors be made to pay/take out some sort of financial...
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I intend to focus on the health impact of the proposed development, for several reasons. I am a nurse with 20 years of experience in clinical work, plus 8 years as researcher in public health. I am...
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I own a house on West Cliff Road Ramsgate, which is approx. 3.5 kilometres from the disused runway at the former Manston Airport and directly under the proposed flightpath. I bought the house in 2015...
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I wish to make known my concerns regarding the negative effects of the proposed 24/7 cargo hub airport on the health and economic wellbeing of the residents of Ramsgate.
As an already challenged...
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My mother, who is 90 next year, and I moved to Herne Bay five years ago. We wanted a quiet life after living all our lives in busy London. We knew that there would be the occasional noisy flight over...
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I support the site of Manston as an airport. I believe it will bring employment to Thanet and the surrounding towns. Nearby in Sandwich the Discovery Park can accommodate related business expansion....
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I would look forward to the re-opening of Manston as an airport, this will in my view bring with it much needed quality jobs to the area both within the airport and supporting it making a brighter...
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Manston has been an airport for many years and has one of the longest runways in the country. It is close to mainland Europe and has been used in the past for emergency landings. The area of Thanet...
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I do not want night flights ruining the peace and beauty of living here. I do not want the airport at sll. We need the housing, jobs and infrastructure planned for maston not this nonsense of another...
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Having lived in Kent most of my 78 years, it is so important that our airport is re-opened.
It provided a much needed service especially to those in the community that find it hard to travel to...
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