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Mansfield: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Mansfield District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of NTT. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Nottinghamshire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
Transport
We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
Council tax
Band D set by Mansfield for 2026–27: £212.72 of a £2,600.38 total bill in the area.
We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
Environment
The council’s climate-emergency motion, in its own words, 5 March 2019:
“The Council in principle declares a climate emergency and commits to going carbon neutral by 2040.”
Beyond that document, we haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
Education
We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website
Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 academy converter, 1 academy free school), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- Farmilo Primary School and Nursery (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
- Farmilo Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
- Horizons Academy — open; reason recorded: academy free school, 1 January 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £571,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £985,000 |
| Cultural and related services | £2.6 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.3 million |
| Planning and development services | −£530,000 |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £3.8 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £14.7 million |
Life in Mansfield: the official facts
- People living here
- 113,682 people
- Typical age
- 42 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £21,241
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £553
- Children growing up in poverty
- 28.7%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.8%
- Average price of a home
- £184,895
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 5.8 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.2 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 96.0%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 84.9 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,665 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by East Midlands combined authority, with its elected mayor.
36 seats in 2026. Run by: LAB Mayor, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 26, Conservative and Unionist 4, Independent / Other 3, Reform UK 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 36 councillors, by ward
- Sue Swinscoe (Labour Party) — Bancroft
- Andre Camilleri (Conservative and Unionist) — Berry Hill
- Terry Clay (Labour Party) — Brick Kiln
- Michael Abbs (Labour Party) — Carr Bank
- Charles Hammersley (Labour Party) — Central
- John Metcalfe (Labour Party) — Eakring
- June Stendall (Independent / Other) — Grange Farm
- Martin Wright (Reform UK) — Holly Forest Town
- Anne Callaghan (Labour Party) — Hornby
- Liz Langrick (Conservative and Unionist) — Kings Walk
- Angie Jackson (Labour Party) — Kingsway Forest Town
- Rich Tempest-Mitchell (Labour Party) — Lindhurst
- Nigel Moxon (Conservative and Unionist) — Ling Forest
- Craig Whitby (Labour Party) — Manor
- Jack Stephenson (Labour Party) — Market Warsop
- Mick Barton (Reform UK) — Maun Valley Forest Town
- Andy Wetton (Labour Party) — Meden
- Caroline Ellis (Labour Party) — Mill Lane
- David Hughes (Labour Party) — Netherfield
- Sidney Walker (Independent / Other) — Newlands Forest Town
- Paul Henshaw (Labour Party) — Oak Tree
- Stephen North (Labour Party) — Oakham
- Jacob Denness (Labour Party) — Park Hall
- Stuart Richardson (Labour Party) — Penniment
- Sharron Hartshorn (Labour Party) — Pleasley
- Stephen Garner (Independent / Other) — Racecourse
- Diana Mckenzie (Labour Party) — Rock Hill
- Barry Answer (Reform UK) — Rufford
- Alan Bell (Labour Party) — Sherwood
- Charlotte Inkle (Labour Party) — Southwell
- Sinead Anderson (Conservative and Unionist) — Thompsons
- Jane Beachus (Labour Party) — Vale
- Lynn Henshaw (Labour Party) — Wainwright
- Andrew Burgin (Labour Party) — Warsop Carrs
- Garry Cole (Labour Party) — West Bank
- John Coxhead (Labour Party) — Yeoman Hill