Newton Abbot and District Community Plan 2022 - 2032

Introduction

Newton Abbot is a town with a population of around 27,500 that sits at the heart of Teignbridge district.

The town’s heritage is built on traditions of Great Western Railway, Ball Clay extraction and its market heritage.

Newton Abbot’s topography and accessibility has made the town a favourable location for development, with a rapidly expanding population. This growth has had a significant impact on the town and its infrastructure.

The town centre offers shoppers the advantage of being level, and it is seen as a popular shopping destination. The town boasts a range of local businesses and national chains.

The town has a limited range of entertainment facilities, including a leisure centre, small cinema, library, museum and various community facilities.

A growing number of the towns’ residents have been forced to seek employment elsewhere. In many of the new residential areas of the town, a lack of local facilities mean that residents have begun to look to other service centres to meet their needs.

The Town is fortunate to have an active Town Council which has achieved much in recent years. In 2020 the Town Council agreed to undertake a review of the Newton Abbot & District Community Plan published in 2008. The original Plan was bold in its ambitions for the town. It included projects such as a ‘Magnificent Museum’ which has now been delivered through the community facility at Newton’s Place opposite Asda. In commissioning a review of the Community Plan, the Town Council recognised that things have ‘moved on’ in the town since the original Plan was published in 2008. Many of the projects identified in the Plan have either been delivered or superseded. Some of those projects outstanding from the original document are included in this updated Plan.

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