A new £5million planetarium and science discovery centre in Ashfield which could help “change the life chances” of local people for years to come has been given the go-ahead. Ashfield District Council’s planning committee has unanimously backed the state-of-the-art plan for the Sherwood Observatory in Coxmoor Road, Sutton.
Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society (MSAS) and the council are working together on the project. It is supported by about £2m from the £62m Towns Fund pot secured by the council in 2021.
A further £3.1m was secured through the Government Levelling Up Fund in January to help bring the major facility forwards. The existing astronomical observatory sits near Coxmoor Golf Club on one of Nottinghamshire’s highest pieces of land.
