APPEALS, JUDICIAL REVIEW, SOUND FAMILIAR? NOT ONLY EGLK!
Aug 15, 2020 13:07:10 GMT
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Post by PB on Aug 15, 2020 13:07:10 GMT
PRE-ACTION LETTER URGING SECRETARY OF STATE TO OVERTURN MANSTON AIRPORT DECISION IS REJECTED....
Kent online report this week on efforts by "acting alone" campaigner to stop proposed use of Manston Airport for aviation..
"A pre-action letter demanding the government's decision to reopen Manston Airport be overturned has been rejected by the Secretary of State for Transport.
Campaigner Jenny Dawes, who has launched a bid to stop the former airfield near Ramsgate becoming a freight cargo air hub, sent the letter to MP Grant Shapps, but he has refused to reverse the approval.
She says in light of this, she is now preparing for a legal battle, with her team - solicitors Kate Harrison and Susan Ring of Harrison Grant - getting ready to submit an application next week for a judicial review.
If the review is granted, the decision by Mr Shapps to approve a development consent order to open Manston as a cargo hub will be challenged in court. She says the pre-action letter setting out the draft grounds for judicial review was sent to the Secretary of State, who had 14 days to respond. "The next step is to issue the claim at court and apply for permission to bring proceedings," she said.
"This will be served on the Secretary of State as the Defendant and the developer as an Interested Party. All this must be done by August 20."
Ms Dawes launched her bid in July after the DCO was approved, allowing owner of Manston, RiverOak Strategic Partnership (RSP), to reopen the airport. RSP boss Tony Freudmann says the relaunch will pave the way for hundreds of jobs to be created and give a £300 million boost to the area. He hopes to open in April 2023, handling at least 10,000 air cargo movements per year and with passenger flights starting about two years later.
The plan is hugely divisive, with many concerned about the environmental impacts. Others, however, believe it will be a much-needed shot in the arm for the local economy and bring the disused airfield back into use for flights.
Ms Dawes continues, “Residents in the seaside towns of Ramsgate and Herne Bay", she said. “Will be a mere 500ft below the flight path".
Another plan to save a precious aviation asset that would bring employment and support to its local economy is dogged by 'activist' opposition. Has there ever been a time greater than now when every enterprise to restore our economy, employment, and national confidence needs full backing? There's an airfield in north-east Hampshire that needs exactly that too!!
Kent online report this week on efforts by "acting alone" campaigner to stop proposed use of Manston Airport for aviation..
"A pre-action letter demanding the government's decision to reopen Manston Airport be overturned has been rejected by the Secretary of State for Transport.
Campaigner Jenny Dawes, who has launched a bid to stop the former airfield near Ramsgate becoming a freight cargo air hub, sent the letter to MP Grant Shapps, but he has refused to reverse the approval.
She says in light of this, she is now preparing for a legal battle, with her team - solicitors Kate Harrison and Susan Ring of Harrison Grant - getting ready to submit an application next week for a judicial review.
If the review is granted, the decision by Mr Shapps to approve a development consent order to open Manston as a cargo hub will be challenged in court. She says the pre-action letter setting out the draft grounds for judicial review was sent to the Secretary of State, who had 14 days to respond. "The next step is to issue the claim at court and apply for permission to bring proceedings," she said.
"This will be served on the Secretary of State as the Defendant and the developer as an Interested Party. All this must be done by August 20."
Ms Dawes launched her bid in July after the DCO was approved, allowing owner of Manston, RiverOak Strategic Partnership (RSP), to reopen the airport. RSP boss Tony Freudmann says the relaunch will pave the way for hundreds of jobs to be created and give a £300 million boost to the area. He hopes to open in April 2023, handling at least 10,000 air cargo movements per year and with passenger flights starting about two years later.
The plan is hugely divisive, with many concerned about the environmental impacts. Others, however, believe it will be a much-needed shot in the arm for the local economy and bring the disused airfield back into use for flights.
Ms Dawes continues, “Residents in the seaside towns of Ramsgate and Herne Bay", she said. “Will be a mere 500ft below the flight path".
Another plan to save a precious aviation asset that would bring employment and support to its local economy is dogged by 'activist' opposition. Has there ever been a time greater than now when every enterprise to restore our economy, employment, and national confidence needs full backing? There's an airfield in north-east Hampshire that needs exactly that too!!
