Woman hit with huge bill and ordered to tear down extension down at home following planning 'saga'

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A woman has been told to demolish her two-storey extension following a planning saga, council bosses have said. In May 2021, the town hall's planning enforcement team said they became aware of a potentially illegal extension being built at a property on Birchfields Road in Fallowfield, Manchester.

According to the town hall, officers discovered the owner of the property - 56-year-old Michelle Naimah Sharif - had not obtained any planning permission.

She was ordered to cease construction immediately. The council said work on the extension continued into the summer, leading to council bosses issuing a planning enforcement notice on June 22, 2021, ordering the works to be demolished. READ MORE: Man who died after being found outside Palace Theatre named as police make appeal The town hall said an option was included to allow a single-storey extension to be built, in line with previously-granted planning permission.

The council said they had rejected a subsequent application for the retention of the development, which was then appealed by the homeowner.