People living on a Mansfield street fear their properties will be devalued because of a £76 million Severn Trent project in the town. The water company announced in 2021 it was investing the money in Mansfield to protect communities from flooding.
It will do this through a range of initiatives including permeable paving, where holes allow water to pass through into the ground beneath, and rain gardens, which use plants and soil to slow the flow of rainwater. Severn Trent says when its Mansfield scheme is complete, it will be able to store more than 58 million litres of surface water.
One of the most significant aspects of the Green Recovery programme is the building of a huge rain garden outside The Court House in the centre of Mansfield. But the scheme first began on a pilot basis in the Ravenshead area and people living there have now expressed concerns about the project.
