All you need to know: How Mansfield landslide is still causing issues six years on
A period of rain in 2019 saw the cliff face at Berry Hill quarry collapse - but after more than half a decade, work still needs to be done to keep it stabilised
Everything you need to know.
Mansfield Council is spending up to £600,000 on more work to stabilise a cliff face above residential homes where a landslide occurred.
The cliff face, which was once part of Berry Hill Quarry, looms over homes on Bank End Close and Stone Bank in Mansfield. The properties are part of an estate built in the late 2000s in the quarry’s shadow after it closed.
After heavy rainfall in 2019, there was a landslide, where more than a thousand tonnes of mud and earth was dislodged from the cliff face. Lots of it ended up in the gardens of the homes, and more than 30 properties had to be evacuated – some for two weeks.
Talks were held between the council and residents about how work could be done to make the cliff face safer – but it took nearly 18 months to come to a resolution. In the meantime, there were two more landslides in December 2020 and January 2021.
Permanent work started in March 2021 to cover the cliff face with a protective netting and to put a fence in the way at the bottom to catch any falling debris. This took until late 2022 to complete and cost £2.3m.
The council allocated a further £1.4m in 2023 for another phase at work, which it said at the time was “final”.
But now, it appears more work has to be done, and an external contractor has been awarded the job for a fee that the council says could cost up to £600,000.