Mansfield’s iconic Rosemary Centre will be demolished and turned into a Lidl supermarket despite councillors raising concerns about the site’s heritage. The district council’s planning committee approved plans for the Union Street site after a split vote at its meeting on Monday (April 24).
Four councillors voted to demolish the building and create the supermarket, with four voting against it and one member abstaining. Councillor Bill Drewett (Mans Ind), the committee’s chairman, used his casting vote to approve the major redevelopment scheme.
It came despite councillors raising concerns about the planned demolition and the loss of one of the town’s most prominent buildings. The Rosemary Centre has stood in its current form for about 70 years and applicant Peveril Securities said it had reached the “end of its natural life”.
