Developers have applied to start the planning process in a vast project to build up to 800 homes and new shops in Mansfield. They hope to build on land between Jubilee Way North and Eakring Road, to the east of the town, on a parcel of land known as Elmsley Heath.
The land in question was a former colliery site. It includes the former Mansfield Golf Club, which closed because of a lack of footfall, Mansfield Rugby Club and the Mansfield East Colliery Spoil Tip.
The team working on the plans, on behalf of The Welbeck Estates Company Limited - the company which hopes to redevelop the land - have asked Mansfield District Council whether they need to submit an environmental impact assessment ahead of the submission of a planning application.
