Mansfield council set to debate planned traveller sites for district

Mansfield District Council members are set to hear a report at the authority’s meeting of full cabinet on Tuesday, March 9, outlining the latest developments with the scheme.

Chad has previously reported that the four initial sites put forward included allotments on Priory Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, which is understood to be the site which changed at the last minute.

Land on Ley Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, which is already in use as a permanent, lawful site for travelling showpeople, is also part of the proposals, along with Common Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, which is also earmarked for a 'transit' site for gypsies and travellers of up to 20 caravans.

The fourth site is a disused electricity sub station on Longster Lane, between Sookholme and Warsop Vale, which would be able to accommodate up to six caravans for travelling showpeople.

However, last year it emerged the authority was also looking at two further sites - at a former lorry park on Sheepbridge Lane and another at the Newlands Triangle - a piece of land off Newlands Road, Forest Town, but the process had been put back due to the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic.

In a briefing document to councillors ahead of the meeting, it states that planning permission has now been granted for the Sheepbridge Lane site, and due to the length of time since the last public consultation, which took place in 2019, all possible site options should be reconsidered, and a second public consultation should take place later this year.

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