Landslide at Mansfield housing estate prompts evacuations

Evacuations have taken place following a landslide near a housing estate.

Nottinghamshire Police said they were called to Bank End Close in Mansfield at about 23:40 on Wednesday following heavy rain.

The district council said four properties were evacuated with residents taken to temporary accommodation.

A police helicopter was deployed to the street, which sits on the site of a former quarry.

Ambulance and fire crews were also sent to the scene.

The debris was cleared and people were allowed to return to their homes on Thursday afternoon, but the council asked them to "remain vigilant".

It comes just over a year after another landslide led to 35 homes being evacuated at the same spot near the former Berry Hill Quarry.

A Mansfield District Council spokeswoman said soil had slipped at the rear of two properties, but this had been "contained within the defined drop zone and behind the barriers that were installed by the council in November 2019".

Nobody was injured in the previous landslide but about 19 households had to spend two weeks in temporary accommodation.

An independent consultant concluded in August the site should not have been developed until the quarry face was secured.

Following repair work, the cliff wall was last inspected by the district council in early November and no issues were reported.

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