A MAN who waited years for houses to be built in the car park of his pub faces having the properties bulldozed down due to a row over materials used- despite the houses being built from Cheshire brick

The original plans were approved in the 2011 with construction finishing in 2017 and all three properties are currently rented but Cheshire East Council (CEC) believe that the conditions for approval were not met.

A retrospective planning application has been submitted to CEC which could lead to the Queen Street houses being made unavailable for sale or being demolished.

The applicant was told in the original planning permission that no development should take place until the Planning Authority approved the building materials listed in the original application

David Hallam, principal conservation and design officer for Cheshire East Council, explained in a consultation response that conditions relating to the materials used on the building, windows and drainage were not met.

Mr Hallam said: “The dwellings seem to have been constructed in a reclaimed facing brick, the tone of which is quite pale and there is a high proportion of remnant paint upon the exterior of the dwellings/front dividing garden walls, which detracts from their appearance and that of the street scene.”

The houses were built using bricks from a barn building on the site that was demolished as part of the original application.

John Chapman, owner of the King’s Arms pub, does not think the materials used should be a problem as the houses were built with Cheshire brick.

John said: “The houses were built from the same bricks that were used on the barn. How can you not use Cheshire brick in Cheshire? It just doesn’t make sense to me.

“I know it is a conservation area but that shouldn’t matter because the materials are in keeping with other houses in the area.”

As well as the retention planning application, there is also a civil dispute regarding the ownership of the land that one of the houses is built on.

A spokesman for the CEC said: “A planning application has been submitted, which seeks to regularise the current situation and this is currently with the council for consideration.”