Advice to Christabel Bradley
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- Christabel Bradley
- Date advice given
- 30 January 2018
- Enquiry type
As a Ramsgate resident, I am appalled that the creation of a 24/7 cargo hub is even being considered on the old Manston site.
I am not a NIMBY, afraid of the effect on the price of my house. I care deeply about the town and its beautiful natural situation.
A cargo hub would cause noise pollution, the damaging effects of which are widely known, as well as air and sea pollution.
The prospective owners say that water will run off the runway into the sea - a coastline that has a nature reserve, seal sanctuary and many rare sea birds. It CANNOT be allowed to happen.
How cynical of RSP to use images of heritage planes in their posters. There is nothing nostalgic or romantic about cargo planes flying at night, disrupting wildlife, sleep, buildings and a peaceful coastal way of life.
Their claims of creating 30,000 jobs are misleading, to put it politely. Their bristling defence of any concerns over the environment (the word wasn’t mentioned once on any of their shoddy presentation boards at the recent Ramsgate consultation at the Comfort Inn) and dismissal of genuine health concerns as ‘rubbish’ told me everything I needed to know about the lack of care over the issues that greatly concern the majority of residents in Ramsgate and Herne Bay.
Advice given
The Planning Inspectorate cannot consider representations about the merits of a proposed development at this time.
For information about how and when you will be able to make representations to the Planning Inspectorate, please read our Advice Note 8 series: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/legislation-and-advice/advice-notes/