Widow banned from her house she built because it is the wrong colour

A widow claims she has been left homeless after being told her modern home is the wrong colour.

Jayne Fawcett, 62, of Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, designed her house with her late husband John, choosing a grey render

for the external walls because the bricks they wanted were not available.

The design was signed off by planning bosses and the home built - but when Mrs Fawcett applied for alterations to a wet room, she was told she would have to change the property’s external colour.

Having sold her previous home, she said she was told she could not move into the new build until it was signed off by planning bosses - and since July she has been living with friends and family.