Find out more about the work we are doing to regenerate the Victoria Centre in Paignton.
The Victoria Centre is in the heart of Paignton. It is the largest and most comprehensive redevelopment opportunity in the town centre.
The site was identified for redevelopment and improvement in the Paignton Town Centre Masterplan (2015) and formed part of our successful Future High Streets Fund bid.
We have already started to unlock this site for redevelopment by demolishing the former Garfield Road car park.
We are working with our Regeneration Partners, Willmott Dixon and Milligan to bring forward a scheme that will:
A preferred option that we would want to take forward to the planning stage will be shared with you in due course. As part of the statutory planning process, you will have the opportunity to comment on the proposals.
In early 2025 we will start demolition work. We will begin by demolishing Victoria multi-storey car park; the rest of the site will be demolished in controlled phases throughout 2025. The site will be temporarily returned to a surface level car park whilst work to secure planning, and an investor / developer continues.
Victoria multi-storey car park will remain open and accessible until further notice.
A new temporary surface level car park on Hyde Road at the former Crossways Shopping Centre site is being created. The car park will have up to 150 pay and display spaces available 24-hours a day, with provision for blue badge holders and motorcycles. This car park will be open and operational before we close Victoria multi-storey car park.
We are working up options for additional car parking facilities in and around the immediate town centre during the demolition period to ensure parking capacity is maintained. These options could see over 100 further temporary car parking spaces being available in phases as more and more of the Victoria Centre land is released.
Paignton has over existing 300 spaces in pay and display car parks around the town centre that will be unaffected by the works, this is in addition o on street pay and display parking.
The demolition works will prepare the site for a new chapter in Paignton’s history as we move forward with community led plans to provide much needed housing for local people, rejuvenate the area and attract businesses back into the town.
The Victoria Centre was identified for redevelopment and improvement in the Paignton Town Centre Masterplan (adopted in June 2015). It also formed part of our successful Future High Streets Fund bid that saw £13.36million of government funding for Paignton.
One all demolition works are completed, we intend to return the entire Victoria Centre site to a surface level car park, offering around 500 car parking spaces. The spaces will be release sequentially allowing for phased demolition works. We will work closely with the contractor to ensure sufficient spaces are available in time for summer 2025 (together with other town centre parking options being explored by us).
The area will remain as a car park until work starts to redevelop the entire site into a mixed-use scheme.
Victoria Centre redevelopment options are currently being considered with Council Leaders and our Regeneration Partners, Willmott Dixon and Milligan. Re-development work is not expected to start until planning consent has been obtained for an agreed preferred option and a delivery partner and investor has been secured.
Longer-term parking provision in Paignton forms part of our wider town centre strategy work which is underway with our Regeneration Partners.
Cleared sites with planning permission are more attractive to potential delivery partners and investors.
By having the site ready to build on, work can start much sooner.
We have been working on securing a delivery partner and investor for this site and other sites around Torbay. We hope to have more information to share with you in early 2025.
Detail including how the closure of Victoria multi-storey car park will impact permit holders is being considered. Those impacted will be contacted directly by us.
Victoria multi-storey car park will remain open and accessible until a closure date has been confirmed.
We encourage business owners to start making themselves familiar with other Paignton town centre parking locations so they can let their customers know.
Parking locations available in the town centre that will not be impacted by the redevelopment works are:
Pay and display car parks
On street pay and display parking
We issued a press release on 18 September to let people know that changes would be happening this autumn.
We will keep issuing updates as and when new information becomes available.
We will make sure that there is clear signage on the highway to let motorists know where to park. We will also run a public awareness campaign about where to find parking in Paignton.
Redevelopment of the Victoria Centre will significantly contribute to transforming the town. It will create lasting economic and social-economic benefits for the whole of Paignton and wider Torbay economy. It will help to: