How the 7-year saga of Bolton s doomed half-built luxury mansions unfolded CONTROVERSY over the five mansions built at Grundy Fold Farm first surfaced in 2016, but the saga began two years earlier when planning permission was granted. In August 2014, Sparkle Developments got planning permission to build the luxury homes. After receiving complaints in October 2016, the council found that the five houses were not being built in accordance with the planning permission that was granted.
How the site looked originally On closer inspection, they found that the houses were a different design, siting and size than what was approved. The footprint and total floor area were larger and the height of three houses were higher than permitted.
Five brand new £1million luxury mansions will be torn down because plots were 33 per cent too big after homeowners desperately battled to save them during bitter five year-long planning war
Six-bed detached properties in West Pennine moors are up to a third bigger than they were permitted to be
Bolton Council issued an enforcement notice for demolition in 2018, prompting a five-year planning row
Planning inspector has given householders 12 months to demolish structures and return site to previous state
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