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The Grundy Fold Farm saga took another twist last week as a plan for a five-bedroom home on the same site was approved on appeal by a government…

Two families caught up in a controversial bid to build mansions on farmland near Horwich have taken damages claims to the High Court - with mixed…

How the 7-year saga of Boltons 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 t...

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 pr...

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Multi-million pound Bolton mansions could be demolished for being too big The homes were built and sold before the council ordered them to be demolished Updated Planning permission was granted in 2014 for the conversion of a former farmhouse (Image: Copyright Unknown) For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you...

Owners of five £1m luxury mansions who face seeing their dream homes demolished after they were built too big and in the wrong place claim developers have disappeared Elan Raja and Alison Thompson are two such owners who have been embroiled in a feud with Bolton Council  Planning inquiry heard how Sparkle Developments given planning permission to build homes in August 2014 Finishing works put on hold after complaint filed in October 2016 and council ordered them to be flattened The appeal cla...

PARTIALLY built million-pound mansions ordered to be demolished were up to a third bigger and in different locations than allowed, a planning…

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. 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. In addition, al...

How the 7-year saga of Boltons 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 t...