ACCESS to the 750 new homes planned for around the Met Office will be from a roundabout on Hill Barton Road.
Members of the city's planning committee gave the green light for 750 new homes, along with open space and a site for a new railway halt, for land around the Met Office.
The main access to the site is off Hill Barton Road initially the approved access arrangements comprised a three-arm signalised junction from Hill Barton Road.
Since approval of the extant outline planning permission the developers have acquired land at Hill Barton
Farm, which was excluded from the original boundary.
Acquiring this additional land means that the developers have been able to look again at access and are now proposing a roundabout which is preferred by Devon County Council which is the highways authority because of better capacity, safety and the way it will fit better into the highway network in the area.
