Legal challenge to Manston airport scheme denied

The Isle of Thanet News
Kathy Bailes
21 May 2024

An appeal against the dismissal of a bid to go to judicial review to challenge the decision approving the reopening and redevelopment of the Manston airport site has been rejected.

A judgement issued today (May 21) by Lord Justice Peter Jackson, Lord Justice Lewis and Lord Justice Warby follows a hearing at the Court of Appeal in April.

A bid for a Judicial Review into the decision to give the Manston airport project the go ahead was dismissed last September but claimant, Ramsgate resident Jenny Dawes, then appealed that judgement.

Today’s judgement means the DCO remains granted, as announced by the Department for Transport in August 2022, and RSP says work can now begin to recruit staff both for the construction phase and for operational roles once the airport is ready to reopen.

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