Torquay taxi driver suspended after conduct complaints
A taxi driver has had her licence suspended with immediate effect following a series of complaints. Torbay Council’s regulatory sub-committee made the decision after viewing CCTV footage of two traffic incidents, including the driver reversing into oncoming traffic at a…
Plans for nine homes to be built at hospital in Brixham
Nine new homes could be built at a hospital site. The development was proposed by the Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust and approved by Torbay Council in principle, with more details to be filed later. The land off Greenswood…
Paignton faces big changes as council unveils ‘vision’
A town could lose its bus station but gain a new supermarket and multi-storey car park under a plan for its future. Torbay Council’s cabinet has signed off on a document outlining a “vision” for regeneration for Paignton, which will…
Torbay Council plans to sell historic monastery despite campaign
A Devon council is looking to sell the former Victorian-era monastery despite campaigners wanting to turn it into a community centre. Councillors and campaigners in the Clifton with Maidenway ward proposed the building in Paignton to be used for a…
Plans for new Aldi in Ivybridge refused by councillors
Plans to build an Aldi store have been refused by councillors due to concerns over its impact on neighbouring properties. More than 1,200 people supported the application for the site in Ivybridge, Devon, which the supermarket’s real estate director Elliot…
Torquay factory building faces demolition after years of decay
A once-thriving factory which helped power a town’s engineering legacy is set to be torn down. The Elektron building on Woodland Trading Estate, formerly home to Sifam, was a major employer in Torquay, producing electrical instruments and fibre-optic tech in…
Call boxes in Torbay could be replaced with multi-media hubs
Planning applications have been put forward to replace street payphones with three-metre-tall multi-media hubs. BT is bidding for four of the hubs in Torquay to provide free ultra-fast wifi, phone calls and phone charging. The proposed hub locations are near…
Former Exeter policeman named honorary alderman
A former lord mayor of Exeter who served in the police for 30 years has been appointed an honorary alderman. Percy Prowse, 72, is only the 16th person to be awarded the recognition since 1981. Mr Prowse, a familiar figure…
Application for new vintage arcade in Exeter put forward
Guy HendersonLocal Democracy Reporting Service Supervideo/Exeter City Council A planning application has been put forward for an amusement arcade in Exeter City Centre A planning application for a new amusement arcade in Exeter has been submitted. Paignton-based company Supervideo Ltd,…
Health secretary Wes Streeting urged to visit Torbay Hospital
Guy HendersonLocal Democracy Reporting Service Guy Henderson/LDRS MP Steve Darling (bottom left) wants Health Secretary Wes Streeting to visit Torbay Hospital A Devon MP has urged the health secretary to visit a “crumbling” hospital which he said was in desperate…