Leading architects will be invited to design a major new council housing development to transform a 'derelict and blighted part of Mansfield'. The White Hart Street area, near the town's railway station, has stood derelict for more than 10 years.
Officials on Mansfield District Council, which bought the land to facilitate its regeneration, say it has become a target for anti-social behaviour. The council is now looking to launch a competition and invite architects from across the world to design the social housing project.
Councillor Marion Bradshaw, the district council's portfolio holder for safer communities, housing and wellbeing, is now being recommended by council officers to approve a decision on October 21 to appoint The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to manage the competition.
