Following the positive outcome of the Referendum held on 2 May 2019 and Full Council’s decision to make (adopt) the Plan on 19 June 2019, this Plan now forms part of the Development Plan for Torbay. Torquay Neighbourhood Forum applied to designate the forum and area of Torquay in 2012 and applied for renewal in 2017. The applications for designation can be found below along with links to the respective decisions by Council. Within the applications there is a map of the area.

The Forum submitted their Neighbourhood Plan in 2017 and it was subject of an independent examination in 2018. Torbay Council, as Local Planning Authority (LPA), approved the Plan with post examination modifications for referendum at a Full Council meeting on 15 November 2018.

Torquay Neighbourhood Forum and Area were first designated in 2012 and the Forum was last designated on 7 December 2017. A Forum designation ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 5 years (beginning with the day on which it is made). Therefore, Torquay Neighbourhood Forum lost its formal status in 7 December 2022, however, status of the Forum does not affect the validity of the adopted Torquay Neighbourhood Plan.

An application for re-designation as a Forum was subsequently made by Torquay Neighbourhood Forum and this was been published for consultation until 23 January 2023. A Council Report is scheduled to be considered at Cabinet in February and Council who approved TNF re-designation in March 2023.

The Torquay neighbourhood proportion of Torbay Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy Fund (CIL) is available to support suitable community projects.  Application forms to apply for these funds are available from the TNF website:  Torquay Neighbourhood Plan | Our community led plan for the next 20 years or can be downloaded from the documents list below. Completed forms should be sent directly to  the Torquay Neighbourhood Plan Forum Chair : chair@torquayneighbourhoodplan.org.uk

Further information is available from the Council’s Cabinet Report  and subsequent Decision (November 2022) which set out the process and include project bids totalling £44,241.85, which have already been approved. Neighbourhood CIL money allocation and spend is now shown on the Council’s Exacom system.  Subsequent Community Infrastructure applications for Torquay Neighbourhood Plan Area have been determined by the CIL Spend Panel and the decisions are avaible to search with Community Infrastructure in the title. some previous examples are shown below:: 

• Community Infrastructure Levy Funds - Application from Swim Torquayref: 5399  Awarded : £4,500
• Community Infrastructure Levy Funds - Application from Swim Torquayref: 5398 £14,301.89 awarded in principle
• Community Infrastructure Levy Funds - Application from Love Enterprise Group CICref: 5396  £20,000 awarded
• Community Infrastructure Levy Funds - Application from Ellacombe Community Partnershipref: 5394 £16,000 awarded
• Community Infrastructure Levy Funds - Application from People's Parkfield CIC  £3,000, pending further information requested, be awarded

General information about Neighbourhood Planning in Torbay, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions, are available on the Neighbourhood Planning page.

CIL Funding Application Forms documents list :

• TNF CIL Funding Screening Form
• TNF CIL Funding Application Form

The plan

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Torquay Neighbourhood Plan
Details how the neighbourhood plan is used to consider all planning applications in Torquay alongside the Local Plan.

Policy Map Layout
Shows site allocations and identifications with enlarged maps.

Policy Map Key
Key to Torquay Neighbourhood Plan (TNP) Policies Maps Adopted (June 2019)

Policy Map Sheets 1-10
Maps 1 to 10

Policy Map Sheets 11-19
Maps 11 to 19

Policy Map Community Partnership Areas
A map showing the community partnership areas within Torquay.

The Council decision confirming the making of the Plan can be found on the Council Meeting page.

Further information about the Plan process to date, including further documents, can be found under the dropdown lists below.