Property owners of one of the Bolton hillside mansions demolished as they were built larger than permitted and in the wrong place have had their plans to rebuild on the plot thrown out by councillors.
A second plot owner, who submitted a separate application, was successful with proposals to rebuild and Bolton Council’s planning committee granted that application.
Last year, five partially-built mansions were ordered to be torn down after a planning inspector dismissed appeals from the house owners.
The luxury detached properties, at Grundy Fold Farm, off Chorley Old Road, for which Bolton Council issued an enforcement notice for demolition in 2018, were up to a third bigger and in different locations than allowed, a planning inquiry heard. READ MORE: Green light for bus reform: What does it mean for passengers? Dismissing the appeal by the plot owners last May, a planning inspector gave the householders a year to demolish the structures and return the site to its previous form.
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