Extra work to stabilise Berry Hill Quarry in Mansfield is planned to give more protection to homes after devastating landslips. Mansfield District Council has already spent £2.3million on works to the cliff face after two separate incidents and the evacuation of houses.
Residents in nearby first had to leave their properties on November 7, 2019, after 1,300 tonnes of sand and rock collapsed into gardens. It followed 'unforeseen' weather conditions which caused a 'complex failure of cliff materials' and forced 32 homes to be evacuated across Bank End Close and Stone Bank.
Nineteen of the homes remained empty for two weeks and alternative accommodation was provided to people without nearby friends or family. The same quarry face then slipped again on Christmas Eve in 2020, forcing four Bank End Close homes to be evacuated again.
