RiverOak launches new Manston bid

The investment firm that has been attempting to buy the defunct Manston Airport is to use a development consent order (DCO) to try and purchase the site. RiverOak Investment has been attempting to buy the airport since before it was closed in May 2014. It had offered to be the indemnity partner for the local […]

Manston Airport CPO rejected again

Manston Airport will not be subjected to a compulsory purchase order (CPO) after Thanet District Council rejected the plans, saying plans by the indemnity partner, RiverOak Investment was insufficient. The council had deferred the decision to carry out the CPO in December 2014, but when the UK Independence Party (UKIP) took control of TDC in […]