A concerned resident says lorries queuing to get into an under-construction housing estate are "posing a danger" to other road users.

Brook Park, Ivybridge resident Stewart Edward has been keeping a watchful eye on events at the site off Cornwood Road and Woodland Road.

Persimmon Homes is putting up 74 houses at the site, on Ivybridge’s western outskirts.

After earlier problems over Christmas, when contractors started work at the site before a proper construction plan had been agreed, Mr Edward now reports large numbers of lorries queuing on Cornwood road in recent weeks.

He blames South Hams District Council for failing to take action against the builders.

Mr Edward said: "It is quite ridiculous that up to six HGVs can be allowed to queue to get on the site so that spoil may be loaded and removed from the site. The positioning of the lorries is posing a potential danger to other road users.

"Is any enforcement action going to be taken?"

He also speculates a flattened road sign at the entrance to Woodlands Road was the work of builders’ vehicles. He added: "In the past few days one of the 30mph signs has been demolished, possibly by a vehicle leaving the Persimmon site from the Woodland Road entrance. I have reported this to Devon County Council so that the sign may be re-erected."

In a reply to Mr Edward last week, SHDC planning committee chairman Cllr Robert Steer thanked him for emailing photographs of the lorries and said he would contact the district council’s enforcement officer.

The application for the 74-home estate was rejected several times before tweaks to the plans saw it passed by SHDC’s planning committee. It drew strong opposition from nearby residents and local councillors concerned about flooding, drainage, traffic and visual impact.

A further site to the north of the current development has been allocated for another 100 homes in the news joint local plan drawn up by SHDC, Plymouth City Council and West Devon Borough Council.

A spokesman for Persimmon Homes South West said: “We have a traffic management plan for the site and a construction management plan which we are adhering to.

“We endeavour to control deliveries to site through our suppliers and contractors. However, on occasion due to circumstances beyond our control, vehicles may arrive at the same time and wait to enter the site.

“This is not a situation that we condone and we will be reminding our supply chain of our delivery conditions.”