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Mayor’s Vision

Torbay like many places faces extra-ordinary challenges over the next two decades. These range from the global - climate change, rises in sea levels and dramatic changes in the lifestyles of its citizens, to the more localised issues - a buoyant South West economy, and its resultant pressure for growth - more homes, more people, more traffic!

Torbay Council, Torbay Development Agency (TDA), the Strategic Partnership and more specifically the Mayor have begun the process of mapping out the future. The Community Plan describes a vision to drive forward economic prosperity based upon four key themes:

Pride in the BayStronger Communities
Learning and Skills for the future
And underpinning it all, the New Economy

The Vision and the themes that underpin it will help shape all manner of projects and initiatives. Using New Growth Points funding Torbay Council, TDA and the South West Regional Development Agency appointed Exeter-based master planning and urban regeneration specialists LDA Design to develop the Mayors vision into a series of projects and initiatives that can meet the objectives of the vision and the Community Plan.

February 2008 saw the launch of the New English Riviera Action Framework Plan and Vision. These documents showcased 19 transformational projects that if implemented could transform Torbay. Since the publication a further 4 projects have been included and no doubt over time more projects will be added to the Mayors Vision Programme.

View the Projects page for more information on each of the individual projects in the Vision.

We are delighted with the response to the Mayors Vision and have had well over 55 Developer meetings.

Watch this space!

The Mayor’s Vision programme is now in the exciting implementation phase and the various projects are now in different stages of progression. Various communication events have been held. For further information on the latest situation with projects see the TDA Newsletters.

All documents are available for download. It is worth noting that the Action Framework document is a substantial size and may take some time to download.

Communication/Roadshow events will be periodically held and any presentations and feedback will be included in Related Documents.