RIBA has launched a design competition for the housing-led redevelopment of part of Mansfield town centre, which the borough’s elected mayor says has been “crying out to be resurrected”.

The project brief seeks a multi-disciplinary design team to create a “sensitive residential scheme” on a 0.69ha site that is primarily bounded by White Hart Street and Dame Flogan Street.

RIBA said Mansfield District Council is targeting homes for older people and families for the site, which sits within a conservation area and contains a listed building and non-designated heritage assets.

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