We remain aware of online chat about whether RSP should, by now, have paid Ms Dawes' costs in connection with the previous Judicial Review. RSP stands by its declared position that we do not accept any liability for Ms Dawes' costs. You can read the correspondence...

RSP Manston Airport has partnered with Ramsgate Football Club to create a unique half term activities camp for 120 youngsters, which begins tomorrow.

The camp, which runs alongside the club’s other half term activities programmes, is open to all children but is provided free to youngsters who are eligible for the Government’s Free School Meals funding. It will offer a wide range of activities including football, crafts, and street dance, as well as airport-themed activities, flight simulators and opportunities to meet real life pilots.

Having read the Assessor’s report – which didn’t take long – it is clear that it is an amateur and poorly constructed report. Setting aside the numerous grammatical errors and typos – not to mention the reference at para 1.3  to a section on the sixth Carbon Budget that the author has then apparently forgotten to even write – the content of this report does not address the broader strategic need case set out in the Secretary of State’s original decision letter and is little more than a by-the-numbers review of the Examining Authority’s previous report, and series of opaque assertions using pre-2019 data, with little or no detailed analysis or reasoning behind any of the conclusions drawn.

Osprey Consulting Services, which is managing the CAA CAP 1616 Airspace Change process for RSP, have commented on the CAA’s most recent Gateway decision.

During an interview with BBC Politics South East, on Sunday 20 June, Cllr Karen Constantine, Kent County Councillor for Ramsgate, made a number of factually incorrect statements - which we have corrected below. Stansted  Cllr Constantine incorrectly stated that...

As part of the process to re-determine RiverOak Strategic Partners’ Development Consent Order application to reopen Manston Airport, the Department for Transport has today (Friday 11 June) published a Statement of Matters, outlining the topics on which they would like further information on from RSP as the applicant, together with any other interested parties, as they are required to do by law.

Today (11 May) the Government announced a major focus on adult skills. The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill will overhaul the adult education system in England and provide flexible loans for adults to fund higher-level education or training at any time and any age...

From the outset, RSP has stated that the CAP 1616 process used by the CAA to manage proposed changes to airspace is robust and challenging; this provides both aviation and non-aviation stakeholders with assurance that our proposals will be carefully scrutinised by an...

RSP wishes to confirm the details of a recent Freedom of Information Act disclosure to the BBC. The Department for Transport has agreed to pay RSP compensation for the use of the Manston site as a post Brexit customs clearance post for the first six months of this...

In the High Court today (15 February 2021) Mr Justice Holgate approved a court order which had been agreed by all the parties to the Manston judicial review in December last year. The order allows the judicial review on the ground that the Secretary of State for...

       RiverOak Strategic PartnersPublished on 24th December, 2020 It is with the greatest of sadness that we pass on the news that Lorraine Barker, of Premier Display Systems in Hersden, Canterbury has passed away this morning. Lorraine was a dedicated supporter of...

Naturally the Department for Transport’s decision not to contest the Judicial Review is disappointing, although it may in fact save time. It is a feature of the DCO process that, in order for more information to be provided by the Secretary of State on the reasons for his decision, the decision must be re-taken, and so the project is effectively back to the final decision stage.

The Manston Skills and Employment Board (MSE-Board) met virtually recently to push forward on a number of projects, despite the current restrictions on meeting in person.

The MSE-Board was established in January 2019 to ensure…

A recent tweet misrepresented our Airspace Design Option Development document which was developed in accordance with the CAA Airspace Change Process.

Even when operating at its future peak (circa twenty years after reopening), Manston Airport will average no more than five large aircraft movements per hour – and will not operate any scheduled services overnight.