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New food businesses in West Devon.

West Devon had 19 food premises with a published postcode awaiting a first hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract of 2026-10-09. 8 are food retailer and 3 are restaurant / café. This is a backlog snapshot, not a count of new openings, because the register gives no opening date. Source: Food Standards Agency open data.

Sources: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating open data (ratings.food.gov.uk/open-data); West Devon council food registration (via gov.uk/food-business-registration)

19awaiting 1st inspection, West Devon, extract of 2026-10-09. Baseline stock, mostly backlog.
626premises on the council register in that extract
480with a usable postcode (the rest are hidden)
?of the awaiting rows show “Name withheld” (possible sole traders)
New this week: not counted yet.We only started watching on 18 Oct 2026. A real weekly figure needs more than one snapshot. Until then every row is an EARLIER FIND and we show no weekly number.
THIN PAGE, NOINDEX: fails the indexing rule (Larder marks thin, <25 awaiting, <2 types with >=5). Stays noindex and out of the sitemap at go-live.

Awaiting 1st inspection, by type

West Devon, extract of 2026-10-09. First looked at by us on 18 Oct 2026.

TypePremises
Food retailer8
Restaurant / café3
Other catering premises2
Pub / bar / nightclub2
School / college / university2
Distributors / Transporters1
Hospitals / Childcare / Caring Premises1

Sample rows

Real FHRS data. Limited-company and trade-style names only, postcode district only, no street address. All EARLIER FIND: spotted on our first look, so we can't call them new.

BusinessTypeCouncil · areaOur dateOfficial
LC Farms LtdDistributors / TransportersWest Devon · EX20Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
Name withheldRestaurant / caféWest Devon · EX20Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page
Name withheldFood retailerWest Devon · PL19Earlier find
spotted 18 Oct 2026
FSA page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data as at council extracts dated 15 to 16 Oct 2026. Not endorsed by the FSA.

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Questions

How many food businesses are awaiting inspection in West Devon?

19 premises with a published postcode showed as awaiting a first food hygiene inspection in the FSA register extract for West Devon dated 2026-10-09. Premises without a published postcode are not counted here.

Are these new food businesses in West Devon?

Not necessarily. Awaiting inspection means there is no published hygiene rating yet. Some premises are new, some have waited a long time, and some changed owner. The register gives no opening or registration date.

Where does this data come from?

The Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The figures are from the council's own extract. NewFoodLeads is not endorsed by the FSA or the council.

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