A local authority is pulling down five luxury houses because they are ‘too big’ – leaving buyers of the new-build development without a home and tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket.
The five brand new mansions in the West Pennine moors near Bolton, Lancashire, are being demolished by the local council because they are 33 per cent bigger than initial planning permission agreed.
The appeals, which were rejected on Thursday, mean the plot of six-bed detached homes built in 2014 will be completely demolished, Bolton Council said, putting a bitter end to a five-year battle to save them.
The planning inquiry heard how the homes are up to a third bigger and in different locations than they were allowed, rendering them in breach of planning
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