A RESIDENT said he will have to sell his house because of a neighbour’s “intrusive” home extension.

David Hayes, aged 55, has lived in his home, in Hawthorn Street, in Deane, for more than 30 years.

However he said he will have to “sell up” after a resident in Broomfield Road, who occupies the house opposite his, began an extension which he said will “directly overlook” his property.

He also claims that residents in his street were not notified about the application by Bolton Council therefore were not given the time to object.

The landfill worker, who lives with his wife, said: “We are selling up.

“We can’t live like this.

“There is going to be a house looking directly into our home— we can’t live across from that.

“We’ve had nothing at all from Bolton Council to ask us about the application, I thought residents would have got a letter.

“It is atrocious.”

The application was submitted to Bolton Council in October 2015 for a two storey extension to the side and rear of the property together with a rear dormer and single storey extension on the front of the house.

It was approved by Bolton Council on December 9 and a spokesman said that consultation letters were sent out to all affected residents in November.

The grandfather-of-three added: “The work has been ongoing for about three months.

“It begins at 7am in the morning until 9pm at night and continues at weekends.

“It has got to be the biggest house in the street if not the area.

“All I am going to be looking at is windows and a brick wall.

“I have lived in this street 53 years, my dad lives here, my sister does and now we are going to have to move.

“It’s really upsetting."

Mr Hayes also claims that cars in the road have been damaged due to falling debris and that the road is polluted with dust.

In a report a Bolton Council planning officer said: “The Council has taken the view that applications to extend such properties need to be considered more sympathetically.

“These principles may also be applied to more modern terraced and town houses which, by reason of style and fashion at the time they were built, offer very limited accommodation to meet growing demands for home owners.”

The officer also said the that proposed rear extension was in line with guidance and with other extensions in the area.

The side elevation of the extension was also considered to be “in-line with the recommended distance of 13.5 metres and considered acceptable with regard to any impact on these residents”.