The Isle of Thanet News - Kathy Bailes
A second legal challenge over the government’s decision to grant permission for the development of Manston airport has been lodged by Ramsgate resident Jenny Dawes.
The 1200-page document was filed yesterday (September 29) by Dawes’ legal team, Harrison Grant Ring following a regranting of the permission.
The first decision to grant a development consent order for the Manston airport site was announced by government on July 9 2020 after delays in January and May.
The Department of Transport approved the application to create an air freight hub at the site.
In December 2020 the Department of Transport acknowledged that the decision approval letter issued from the Minister of State did not contain enough detail about why approval was given against the advice of the Planning Inspectorate and said the Judicial Review would not be contested.
In February 2021 the DCO approval was quashed. Further consultations and a report from Ove Arup, which agreed with the Planning Inspectorate panel findings, then followed.
The development approval was again issued this August by Transport Minister Karl McCartney MP with the DCO coming into force on September 8.
Ms Dawes has now launched a second Judicial Review bid and is crowdfunding for pledges to pay for the latest round of action.
The Government legal department, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport, now has 21 days to respond, setting out their grounds for resistance to which Jenny Dawes’s team will then respond if necessary.
