A Grand Designs-style "eco-home" similar to Gary Neville's 'Teletubbies house' remains refused after a ruling by the Planning Inspectorate. The applicant, Gary Dent , applied for planning permission for a site between Bolton and Bury, on Ringley Old Brow , around one year ago. The application for an "eco-home" with energy-efficient features such as a green roof was refused for the first time last year and for a second time this year on the basis of its impact on the Green Belt.
At the time of this year's refusal, a councillor said it was similar to Neville's so-called Teletubbies house due to its semi-submerged appearance on the site close to the villages of Ringley and Stoneclough. ALSO READ: Bolton: The end of an era for popular pub The Cotton Tree . Debbie Newall, a current councillor for Kearsley Ward, said: "The applicant is taking the trouble to present this as a development which deserves merit but my opinion is it is a bit of an eyesore.
Even if it was not in the Green Belt it would be incongruous in this setting." Mudasir Dean, a former councillor for Bradshaw Ward, said: "I will be supporting refusal. It reminds me of an application in my ward from a footballer and it is inappropriate development in the Green Belt so I will be supporting refusal.
" Mr Dent appealed to the Planning Inspectorate but the application remains refused after a ruling by the Planning Inspector H Jones. The Planning Inspector agreed with councillors the application would be an inappropriate d.