Our vision is that:
Transport will facilitate sustainable growth and support reaching net zero carbon by 2050 at the latest. Well-integrated, accessible, and inclusive transport will improve travel choice and benefit the health and wellbeing of everyone.
Alongside this vision, six objectives that the LTP4 will help to achieve have been identified:
- Decarbonisation
- Easier travel
- Reliability and resilience
- Unlocking development
- Greater places for people
- The place to be naturally active.
The LTP4 was endorsed by Torbay Council at the Cabinet meeting on 18 March 2025 and adopted by the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority on 28 July 2025.
the Combined County Authority will produce an Investment Plan to set out specific schemes and proposals, with prioritisation, shortly.
From 1 April 2026 the Combined County Authority will take on the statutory duties of the Local Transport Authority and will be accountable for the implementation of the LTP.
A public consultation took place between 1 October and 30 November 2024. You can read the feedback that has been analysed in the public consultation report.
The video below introduces the LTP 4 and outlines its key proposals. Please click the video below to watch.
A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and a Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) evaluate the environmental impacts of the proposed policies and plans of the LTP4.
Supporting the LTP are a series of mode specific plans and proposals such as the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan and Bus Service Improvement Plan.
The Local Transport Action Plan 2021-2026, agreed by Cabinet on 20 April 2021, sets out the planned investments and commitment of the transport capital grant received from Government, alongside other funding the Council has or is able to achieve. This will continue to be the basis for investment until 2026.