{"id":79103,"date":"2020-07-10T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T12:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=79103"},"modified":"2020-07-10T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T12:05:19","slug":"dco-for-manston-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/dco-for-manston-airport\/79103\/","title":{"rendered":"BDB Pitmans wins Development Consent Order for Manston Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdbpitmans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BDB Pitmans<\/a> has won a Development Consent Order (DCO) for <a href=\"https:\/\/rsp.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manston Airport<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Transport<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The BDB Pitmans team led by Partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdbpitmans.com\/our-people\/angus-walker\/\">Angus Walker<\/a>, acted on behalf of the developer, RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP).<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after two years of scrutiny by the Planning Inspectorate and Department for Transport.<\/p>\n<p>RSP has pledged \u00a3300m to rebuild Manston Airport as a global freight hub with some passenger capacity, which it hopes will address gaps in the UK\u2019s trading infrastructure, providing dedicated air freight capacity adjacent to the London airports system, and to provide a significant boost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/dco-process-for-economic-recovery\/78931\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A boost for the wider economy<\/h3>\n<p>Angus Walker, Partner at BDB Pitmans, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have secured consent for a development that is anticipated to bring 23,000 jobs to East Kent creating a significant boost to the region and the wider economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo secure the first-ever DCO for an airport is a significant achievement: not least given the successful challenge to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/airports-national-policy-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airports National Policy Statement<\/a> (ANPS) putting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/consultation-heathrow-expansion\/57014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heathrow expansion<\/a> in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>It is testament to the hard work of the sector-leading team at BDB Pitmans that we are able to maintain a 100% record when it comes to successful grants of DCOs for clients. To do so for a project of such national significance cements our position as sector-leading for infrastructure projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DCO will come into force on 30 July. 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