PLANS to build close to ten homes at land on the outskirts of Newton Abbot have been rejected.

Submitted by International Property Consultancy, the application - reference 26/00711/PIP - sought to obtain ‘Permission in Principle’ for nine bungalows at land associated with Connybear Farm Shop, St Marychurch Road.

Suitable for developments of between one and nine dwellings, permission in principle is an alternative way of obtaining planning permission for housing-led development.

The planning statement for 26/00711/PIP said that the proposal represents ‘the sustainable redevelopment of a previously developed brownfield site, delivering nine bungalows that cater to a specific housing need, particularly for older persons, down-sizers and those with limited mobility’.

But Teignbridge Council refused to grant planning permission, saying that the location, removed from facilities and services, would ‘lead to an over reliance on the use of private car as the main mode of transport’.

‘The proposed development is likely to generate an increase in pedestrian movements on a highway lacking pavements and without lighting to serve pedestrians’, the council added.