Developers have applied to start the planning process in a vast project to build up to 800 homes and new shops in Mansfield. They hope to build on land between Jubilee Way North and Eakring Road, to the east of the town, on a parcel of land known as Elmsley Heath.
Anna Kuku, who is 40 years old and was speaking near to the site, also said it could prove a catalyst to better bus links to shops. She said: “It would be good, all these houses here are old and this place looks like a dead end. The rugby club is made up of a clubhouse and three pitches, one of which is an all-weather, artificial surface. But documents make clear the rugby club will be unaffected by the proposals and that the club facilities will be expanded and improved.
The 38-year-old said: “It sounds like a lot but I do think it would be good for the area. We’d benefit from the shops; there’s not much here without travelling. Also people need houses, there’s a need for housing; so stuff like this has to be built. "800 homes, I can't see a reason for building them. I know people are moving out and moving in and going places but I wouldn’t want it here. I would be very upset- a lot of places are being built on."