22 Jan, 2018
Two consultation events by RiverOak Strategic Partners (RiverOak) take place this week, on the opportunity to revive Manston Airport as an air freight hub, with the airport site no longer under threat of rezoning – following last week’s council vote.
Although not underestimating the huge task ahead of the council to reshape and regain support for its Local Plan, RiverOak has welcomed the decision not to re-designate the airport for mixed use, including housing – believing that it is not…
16 Jan, 2018
Planning company RPS and law firm Bircham Dyson Bell have written on behalf of their client RiverOak Strategic Partners (RiverOak) to the Chief Executive of Thanet District Council, Madeline Homer, to set out why a decision to progress the Council’s Local Plan at a full Council meeting on Thursday 18 January would be flawed.
The decision before the Council is whether to submit the Local Plan for examination, and yet much of the evidence on which it should be based is missing or out of date. The Council claims that the airport site is needed for housing, yet has not explained why it rejected so many proposed…
12 Jan, 2018
A new report prepared on behalf of RiverOak Strategic Partners (RiverOak) shows that the housing need in the district of Thanet in Kent can be met without discarding aviation uses and redeveloping Manston Airport…
12 Jan, 2018
RiverOak Strategic Partners has published a draft Noise Mitigation Plan, which includes plans to restrict the operation of noisier types of aircraft and night…
5 Jan, 2018
RiverOak has today (Friday 5 January 2018) published details of a further public consultation, on proposals to reopen Manston Airport, in a Statement of Community Consultation. The consultation will be held from Friday 12 January to Friday 16 February 2018 and will include…
7 Dec, 2017
Following the recent announcement that RiverOak Strategic Partners will be offering the public an opportunity to comment on its now fully-developed proposals for Manston Airport, prior to submitting the Development Consent Order application, RSP can now confirm the dates and venues for consultation events will be as follows…