Clarion Housing’s plans to redevelop a rundown former naval housing estate in Plymouth have been given the green light by the local council.

The Barne Barton estate housed naval personnel from the 1960s, but homes were increasingly acquired by the local authority as defence cuts saw a reduction in the numbers of sailors and officers needing the buildings.

Last year Clarion Housing submitted plans to tear down the estate and replace the existing 226 homes with 204 homes, designed by RHP and Clifton Emery DesignP , comprising 102 apartments and a similar number of houses.