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Search the Public Notice PortalWesthoughton Town Council gave their verdict on plans to change an old-style Tudor house into red brick at a meeting tonight (July 13).
Mr Adrian Forshaw submitted plans to alter the property at 55-59 Dobb Brow road, erecting a side garage and changing the Tudor-style frontage into modern red brick.
Previous plans were submitted to demolish the building entirely, but the new plans merely seek to 'refurbish' it, alongside making a host of other landscaping changes.
Town Councillor David Wilkinson said: "If anybody knows Dobb Brow they'll know it's Tudor style housing, and unfortunately they're going to take all of that off.
"It'll have basically have a brick skin, but they're keeping the house.
"The previous application which was building new ones at the back and knocking this one down as well.
"So, it's staying, but it will look different from what it looks like currently."
Despite this, Cllr Wilkinson voted to approve the application, as did the other members of Westhoughton Town Council.
The plans will change the character of the property.
The Tudor frontage, with its white coat of paint and black painted contrast detailing, will be entirely removed.
Instead, the house front will consist of red brick.
The black-framed windows will also be removed and new windows will be installed.
The new design features a large, two-storey central glass window, flanked by two windows to the left and three windows to the right.
Rather than black-painted window frames, the new windows will be topped with sandstone.
A garage will also be appended to the front-left side of the property, which does not exist currently, and electric vehicle charging points will be installed.
Stainless steel external lights will be installed on either side of the central window.
The roof will be formed of interlocking concrete tiles with a dark grey colouration.
Westhoughton Town Council approved the plans, but as an advisory body, they cannot grant to right to the developer to begin construction.
The plans will now have to be assessed by Bolton Council planning bosses before work can begin.
