Decision due on more than 1,000 new homes

Developers want to build more than 1,000 new homes on the edge of Newton Abbot

More than 1,000 new homes could be built on countryside in Devon if plans are given the green light.

Developers want to build the homes, along with retirement accommodation, a primary school and a community centre, on land on the edge of Newton Abbot.

The plans come in three applications to be decided by Teignbridge District Council - with one for an outline plan for up to 900 homes, another application for up to 250 homes and a third application for a new link road.

The Newton Abbot and District Civic Society has objected to the plans - describing them as "classic urban sprawl... closing the gap between the existing Newton Abbot area and the A38".

Planning officers at Teignbridge have recommended approval of the plans for 900 homes while asking developer Clarence Developments Ltd to pay £1.5m for 15 gypsy and traveller pitches and another £500,000 for bus subsidies.

One in five of the homes built would have to be affordable.

The 900-home planning application takes in both sides of Ashburton Road and runs up across fields past Seale Hayne and almost as far as Trago Mills.

These housing plans are separate from the other major developments around Newton Abbot at nearby Whitehill and south of the town at the controversial Wolborough Barton site.

Teignbridge District Council's planning committee will meet to discuss the plans from 10:00 BST.