Plans have been lodged to rebuild a partially built luxury home soon to be torn down after it was constructed bigger than agreed and in the wrong place.
In May, five partially-built mansions were ordered to be demolished within a year 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.
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The inspector gave the householders an extended period of 12 months to demolish the structures and return the site to its previous form.
This week, revised plans for plot four of the development have been published by Bolton Council.
The applicant, Hasan Ayirgan, has applied for a variation on the original plans for the farmhouse element (plot four) saying he intends to use the stone and roof tiles from the demolished house to build in the correct area.
Planning permission was initially granted for the conversion of the former farmhouse and four new homes around a central courtyard in 2014.
That planning permission, which is still in place, is for just four dwellings and conversion of the former farmhouse.
However, the farmhouse was demolished by the developers and stands partially rebuilt.
The householders have the option of their ‘fall back position’, which is to demolish the existing buildings and rebuild in the correct areas and to the correct size.
In a planning statement for Mr Ayirgan, Neil Pike Architects, said: “The proposed site plan has been revised to illustrate the originally approved siting of the proposed dwelling and the amended position which forms part of this application.
“The applicant intends to utilise as much of the materials from the soon to be demolished dwelling as possible, particularly the stone, roof tiles and fenestration.”
A four-day planning inquiry in March heard from plot holders and their lawyer and from Bolton Council.
It heard that developers, Sparkle, contrary to the approved plans, demolished the farmhouse and began building afresh and partially constructed four new homes in the wrong locations and with different dimensions than agreed.
The inquiry considered two appeals from the house owners.
One was against the demolition enforcement and another was to try to overturn a decision on a subsequent amended planning application.
Both appeals were dismissed.
At the inquiry, Bolton Council argued harm had been caused to the green belt and that the current location of the houses represents ‘a significant departure away from the clear design intentions of the 2014 scheme’.
