Teignbridge Council wants to compulsorily purchase a farmer’s land so a nearby developer can use it as “parkland” for their development which otherwise will not have the requisite green space.

The farmer does not want to sell the land to the council and, if it is compulsorily purchased, he will get only the low agricultural value and not much, much higher development land value.

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