Bishopsteignton scheme gets the green light

A new development of homes and commercial units at Bishopsteignton is to go ahead, despite a councillor’s claim that the application is ‘fundamentally flawed’.

A new development of homes and commercial units at Bishopsteignton is to go ahead, despite a councillor’s claim that the application is ‘fundamentally flawed’.
Teignbridge Council’s planning committee has approved the development at Bakers Yard, three years after turning it down because of the risk to pedestrians using a busy road to get to and from the new homes.
Developer Tony Horsey told councillors that the previous objections had been addressed in the new proposal, which is for three commercial units, nine homes and six ‘live-work units’ with businesses on the ground floor and accommodation above.
Mr Horsey said the proposal would allow the village to uphold its role in providing homes and jobs for the community. “We want to ensure that what happens on the site establishes a benchmark for development in the rest of the area rather than just turning it into another generic residential expansion.”
However, ward councillor Andrew MacGregor (Ind, Bishopsteignton) said the plan was ‘fundamentally flawed’ and still had highway safety issues.
Cllr Janet Bradford (Ind, College) said there was still no safe route to walk to and from the site, but Cllr Peter Williams (Lib Dem, Teignmouth East) said the site needed to be developed.
Cllr Phil Bullivant (Con, Bradley) added: “Anything we do to improve that site would be a great advantage. I can’t see a legal reason for us to raise an objection to granting this consent.”