PLANS for four new homes in Shaldon have been approved despite opposition from the parish council and 24 residents who contacted Teignbridge Council with their concerns.

They were worried the development would be too prominent on the skyline.

London firm Park Green (South West) Ltd won permission for the two-and-a-half storey properties on a greenfield site at Highfield, Torquay Road, after members of the authority's planning committee were told 'it's just an alternative' to a scheme that already had the go ahead.