Repair works to lifts and escalators at Fleet Walk have started this week (week commencing Monday 5 January) with the repair and refurbishment of the escalator serving Sports Direct and the gallery.

People who live or work in Torbay are being reminded to have their say on Torbay Council's spending plans.

Young people with special educational needs and home educated children will benefit from the reintroduction of three play clubs starting this week.

We are calling on the public to help shape the next chapter of the iconic Torquay Pavilion, as a major new Options Appraisal gets underway.

Residents in Paignton should be enjoying a more peaceful start to the new year after a noisy neighbour was ordered to leave his flat.

Starting Monday 5 January 2026, National Grid will begin essential utility upgrade works in Paignton town centre to support regeneration projects, including the restoration of Paignton Picture House.

We are undertaking a full update of our Local Plan to guide development in Torbay for the next 20 years. We are consulting on the draft Local Plan (Regulation 18 stage) and would like people's views on the key issues and options.

Details of various Torbay services' opening hours and emergency contact numbers over Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 can be found below.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Torbay’s Adult Social Care services as ‘Good’ following an inspection in September 2025.

Working alongside our regeneration partners, Willmott Dixon and Milligan we have published the Brixham Town Centre Place Vision—a strategic document designed as a marketing and investment tool to attract funding, investors, and development opportunities into Brixham.

The Torbay Place Leadership Board will come together on Monday 15 December, uniting local leaders and community representatives to shape discussions on Paignton’s future and the wider regeneration of Torbay.

Torbay Council has been advised that TCCT will enter formal liquidation this week.

A new Warm Spaces scheme has been launched with sites across Torbay.

Some of the first new council housing delivered directly by Torbay Council in a generation is now ready for local people to move in to before Christmas.

We hosted a Christmas party for all our Fostering families in Torbay to say thank you for everything they do.

Torquay’s seafront and harbourside were transformed into a dazzling spectacle on Friday 28 November as the Bay of Lights Illumination Trail celebrated its best-ever opening night, attracting crowds of thousands to the waterfront areas.

Torbay Council has announced a proposal to support community-led regeneration by offering the Old Monastery, Berry Drive, Paignton, for acquisition by residents at a nominal sum of £1.

Torbay Council’s Cabinet has tonight agreed its revenue and capital budget proposals for 2026/27. In publishing the budget proposals for the next financial year, Cabinet’s approach follows the same fundamentals as last year – focusing on the ongoing and estimated revenue pressures and delivering against financial sustainability plans and the Capital Investment Plan.

Hundreds of people from Torbay’s Fostering, Special Guardians, Disability families, as well as our care experienced young people, took part in Dartmouth Steam Railway’s Train of Lights.