Well it got sold again yesterday:

http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/BREAK...ail/story.html
(one report amongst many)

To a consortium who are going to build (subject to PP, of course) it into a
mega business park and housing estate.

So good luck with that :-)

I can't understand what all the guff (in the press release) is about there
not being sufficient supply of land for warehousing in the area, there's
already a large plot of land zoned for such on the NW side of the airport,
which currently only has two occupiers and where there's a choice of whole
fields available to build warehousing on, if you want to buy. And if you
want office space you only have to walk into the town centre for a free
choice of many.

As to housing, my current journey again takes me across the cabbage fields
[1] next to Westward Cross where just before the crash PP was given to build
an estate of about 1000 houses. The first tranche of 50 houses has just
been completed and they are clearing the ground for the next 50. At this
rate it will take 20 years to complete - and this is a much more convenient
place to live being, as it is, 2 minutes walk from the largest
retail/leisure park for 30 miles and on the route of about a dozen (mostly
frequent) bus routes. The downside being it's in the sink LA of Thanet.

Why would you chose to live on an estate at Manston Airport, with no local
facilities instead [2], it's not like you're going to get a stunning view
and it's still in Thanet!

tim


[1] On the roads. obviously
[2] not in the short tem anyhow