FIVE mansions each worth £1million have been demolished after being built in breach of planning regulations.

The almost complete six-bed properties were found to be up to a third bigger and in different locations than allowed.

Five mansions each worth £1million have been demolished after being built in breach of planning regulations

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Five mansions each worth £1million have been demolished after being built in breach of planning regulationsCredit: SWNS

Their plot is now little more than a pile of rubble, with the final home being razed this weekend.

Councillors ordered the demolitions on the West Pennine Moors near Bolton, Lancs, in 2018.

But legal wrangling with developer Sparkle Developments and pleas from homeowners meant the work to take them down did not start until May last year.

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Councillor Andy Morgan said: “It’s the right thing to do.

“There are two applications for individual plots to be built with slight alterations.

“The intent is to rebuild them and save much of the materials.”

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The almost complete six-bed properties were found to be up to a third bigger and in different locations than allowed

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The almost complete six-bed properties were found to be up to a third bigger and in different locations than allowedCredit: SWNS
Their plot is now little more than a pile of rubble, with the final home being razed this weekend

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Their plot is now little more than a pile of rubble, with the final home being razed this weekendCredit: SWNS
Councillor Andy Morgan said: 'It’s the right thing to do. The intent is to rebuild them and save much of the materials'

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Councillor Andy Morgan said: ‘It’s the right thing to do. The intent is to rebuild them and save much of the materials’Credit: SWNS

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk

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