Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will confirm the commitment given by his Department to reinstate Manston Airport following the cessation of the use of that airfield as a potential lorry park after the UK leaves the EU.

The Town and Country Planning (Manston Airport) Special Development Order 2019 came into force on 24 January 2019, updating the SDO from 2015, and extends planning permission for the use of Manston as an emergency lorry holding facility until 31 December 2020.

S.5(2) of the Order states that the land must be restored to its condition before the date of the Order coming into force, prior to the Order expiring on 31 December 2020. The Department will do this.