Brownfield land in Torbay: 99 sites on the register
Part of development land in Devon — 657 sites across 10 councils.
Torbay Council has published 99 brownfield sites in Torbay on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 52.4 hectares with an estimated capacity of 2,471 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Torbay register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Nortel, | 9.65 | 255 | permissioned |
| Torquay Holiday Park, Kingskerswell Road, Torquay | 6.34 | 150 | not yet |
| Churston Golf Club, Dartmouth Road, Brixham | 4.53 | 30 | not yet |
| Council Depot, Borough Road, Paignton | 2.98 | 40 | not yet |
| Station Lane/Great Western Car Park, Paignton | 2.94 | 100 | not yet |
| Barton Hall Activity Centre, Kingskerswell Road, Torquay | 1.47 | 45 | not yet |
| Shiphay Manor, Torquay Girls Grammar, Shiphay Lane, Torquay | 1.39 | 20 | not yet |
| Dainton Storage Yard, Torre Station, Torquay | 1.37 | 30 | not yet |
Source: Torbay Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 1 further entry repeats the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Torbay register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 2,471 is what the council thinks Torbay’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Torbay
- Development land in Torbay
- How much brownfield land is there in Torbay?
- Where can I build houses in Torbay?
- Torbay land availability assessment
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