Local Plan Update (2025 to 2045)

Torbay Local Plan Update: A Landscape to Thrive.

Our Local Plan (Regulation 18) consultation closed on 2 February. We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to get involved.

We received over 1,000 responses and it’s been fantastic to be out in our communities hearing your thoughts, ideas, and concerns.

We’re now going through all of the feedback. Once that’s done, we’ll share a summary so everyone can see what people said and how it will guide the next steps.

Torbay Local Plan 2025 to 2045: Regulation 18 Consultation Draft

Torbay’s Cabinet of 18 November 2025 agreed to publish a draft Local Plan for consultation between 28 November 2025 and 2 February 2026. The best way to comment on the Local Plan is via our Consultation Portal.

Please note that this is being hosted by Opusconsult (JDi Solutions). A link can also be found on the council’s consultations webpage.

There is more detail on the Cabinet agenda (item 48).

Consultation documents

The stages of the Local Plan Update are set out below.

Local Development Scheme

The Local Development Framework sets out a roadmap for the Local Plan. Find out more about the Local Development Scheme.

Evidence documents

The Local Plan will be supported by evidence about key issues. Evidence documents to support the Local Plan Update 2025 to 2045 are available online at Evidence Base and Monitoring.

Previous consultation stages

The current consultation builds on two previous “Regulation 18” consultations in 2022. These were:

1) The Torbay Local Plan Housing Site Options Consultation (October 2022)

Site allocations maps (October 22 Consultation)

Torbay (whole of Torbay)

Read the summary of consultation responses to the October 2022 consultation.

2) The Torbay Local Plan Growth Options Consultation (January 2022):