Airport Planning Agreement - S106 London Manston   17 Feb - 30 April 2005

This consultation has now closed.  These pages are provided for information only.

Thanet District Council and Planestation, operators at Kent International Airport Manston are renewing the 106 Agreement to keep pace with the Airport's development.

This is a voluntary move on the part of the Airport who have expressed a wish to work in partnership with the Council to reach an Agreement that will provide safeguards for the environment of Thanet and its community.

• What is a 106 Agreement?
  It is a planning agreement.  It allows for the landowner and planning authority to agree how a piece of land is used. Often these Agreements are linked to major planning applications such as housing developments.
  
• What is the purpose of a 106 Agreement?
  A 106 Agreement is put in place to regulate the use or development of a piece of land and usually imposes particular obligations on the landowner.
  
• Is a 106 Agreement a legal requirement?
  No it is a Voluntary agreement but, once in place, it is legally binding.
  
• Can a 106 Agreement be changed once it has been put in place?
  Yes, if circumstances demand, a 106 Agreement can be varied with the approval of both parties
  
• Who writes a 106 Agreement?
  The legal representatives of both the landowner and the planning authority will draw up an agreement to which both parties must add their signature before it is binding.

S106 FINAL

s106  PLAN

s106 WITH PLAN

A 106 Agreement had been in existence for some years, between the Council and the Landowners at Manston Airport. However, the introduction of scheduled passenger flights and the construction of a large cargo facility means that circumstances have changed to an extent where a review needed to be undertaken.

The Council has more information now about the likely impact of passenger flights, the type of aircraft that will be using the Airport and the associated noise levels. And we want to make sure that the principles of the 106 Agreement are relevant both to today's situation and the next three years.

We would like to thank you if you have taken part in the public consultation on the principles of the new S106 Agreement.

The feedback we received from the public was extremely valuable and we very much appreciate the level of support that the community has given to this consultation.

• 2,330 Questionnaires were returned and analysed by MORI
• 1934 visited our website for more information
• 9 Public Meetings were held in Thanet, 3 in the Towns and 6 in the Parishes
• 2 Public Meetings were held in the Canterbury District attended by about 150 people
• Almost 300 people visited our Consultation Bus which spent three days touring 13 locations in Thanet
• Mori has conducted a telephone survey in Thanet
• The consultation exercise was supported by a 5 week Radio and Newspaper advertising campaign as well as posters distributed throughout the area
• 65,000 questionnaires were circulated through Thanet Matters the Council's magazine and a further 4,000 questionnaires were distributed throughout the district.

The results of the three month consultation, carried out during the spring, was considered by Members at a meeting of Full Council Thursday 21 July.

Review of existing Section 106 Agreement - Draft Report Apr 2005 Please Note: (Work is ongoing in respect of analysing figures about the performance of the existing Section 106 Agreement and will be added into the next version of this report)

Kent International Manston - Results of Public Consultation regarding the existing section 106 Agreement

• Covering report
• Appendix1-The MORI Report
• Appendix II - Summary of public opinion expressed at Public Meetings, at Town and Parish meetings, and the Section 106 Road Show
• Appendices III-VI