A NEW convenience store could be built on land at a popular Kingsteignton pub as a proposal to develop the site is submitted to planners.

Submitted by Aspect Developments Ltd, the application - reference 26/00175/FUL - is seeking permission for the construction of a convenience store at land forming part of the Ten Tors Inn.

The current use of the application site is an area of car parking and one of the pub’s beer gardens.

According to the planning statement, the proposal has come about as a result of the Applicant identifying ‘an under-provision of retail provision of a “local” scale in the area in question’.

The statement says: ‘The settlement of Kingsteignton has a core commercial area in its southern portion, which is then complimented by a number of local convenience stores outside it.

‘However, there is currently no provision to serve the local population within the vicinity of the application site, which is a deficit this application seeks to address’.

In February, a spokesperson for the Co-op told the Mid-Devon Advertiser that, subject to planning consent and approval, they would operate the store, adding it would create local jobs.

Meanwhile, St Austell Brewery, the freeholder, said its focus was on ‘protecting the future of the pub and ensuring it continues to thrive at the heart of the community’.

Teignbridge Council are due to make a decision by July 13.

Internally, the proposed unit will be a mix of ‘public’ retail space, back of house areas and an external delivery yard, with the total retail space being 245 square metres.

Vehicular access to the application site will be via the current point of access, albeit it subject to minor modifications, the planning statement says.

Provision for pedestrian access to the site will also be accommodated, the statement adds.

To view the documents in full, and to comment on the application, visit Teignbridge Council's planning portal and enter ‘26/00175/FUL’ into the search-box.