RSP confirmed that it has received the redetermined Development Consent Order, from the Department for Transport, for its plans to invest up to £500 million in the potential of Manston Airport, in Kent.

The DCO will make it possible for RSP to provide air freight capacity in the South East which will help alleviate long-term overcrowding in the London airport system and ease road congestion caused by lorries carrying freight through the channel tunnel to European airports.

As aviation propositions go, Manston is unique – because it will be built to be Carbon Net Zero from scratch.

It will aim to create over 23,000 jobs across East Kent and the wider national economy by the airport’s 20th year of operation.

 Director, Tony Freudmann, RSP, said: 

“Today is a day to celebrate the culmination of years of campaigning. I would like to pay tribute to the extraordinary army of Manston Airport supporters who have never given up hope of seeing new life breathed into this historic aviation asset.  And I would also like to thank our two dedicated local MPs, Sir Roger Gale and Craig Mackinlay, as well as the thousands of supporters who have supported us from the start of the DCO process and have long shared our bold and ambitious vision for the airport.”