Bovey Tracey Town Council has called on developers to complete the first phase of new homes at the Langston Cross site before starting work on more than 100 others.
In particular they want a delayed pedestrian and cycle link to Brimley Vale to be opened and for Devonshire Homes to deliver on its commitment to provide ten allotments.
They also have concerns that the next part of the project off Monks Way will be served by just one road, meaning traffic heading to a proposed ‘employment’ area will have to pass by hundreds of homes and cross a footpath.
At a meeting of the authority’s Planning and Environment Committee on Monday June 8, members heard from a resident who has been living on the estate for the past four years.
He complained about the ‘slow adoption’ of new roads and lack of promised traffic-free shortcut to Brimley Vale.
Concerned that the latter was preventing safe access to other parts of town he said: ‘The young people of Langston Cross want to use the facilities at the cricket club.
‘To make them go round the long way, what are we waiting for, a serious accident or fatality?’
He described the lack of allotments as ‘far too little far too late’ and said of his attempts to strike up a dialogue with Devonshire Homes: ‘They just don’t respond.’
He urged members to ask Teignbridge District Council for Devonshire Homes’ fresh 107 homes application to be considered by councillors at committee, rather than have the matter decided by an officer.
Cllr Eoghan Kelly echoed many of the concerns, describing the one-road-in-one-road-out proposal for Phase Two as ‘dangerous’.
Cllr Sue Simmons was disappointed at what she described as a ‘very weak’ provision of sustainability features and lack of hedgehog highways.
Making reference to the uncompleted works she said: ‘It throws doubt on the ability of the developer to complete their work.’
After further debate, members agreed not to offer any objection to Phase Two but to resubmit previous observations about delivery of infrastructure and to request completion of Phase One before further constriction is commenced.
