West Cheltenham Urban ExtensionGloucestershire

Secured allocation for housing and employment land.

Client

Barberry Cheltenham Northern Trust and MLPL

Site details and constraints

This is a greenfield site in the green belt with established hedgerows and trees. There is an odour constraint from an existing sewage treatment works.

Our role and services

Project manage the whole scheme
Form a strategy to remove the site from the green belt to facilitate the future development needs of both Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Borough
Submit an outline planning application for the site

1100

New homes
45ha

Employment land

Outcomes

An allocation has been secured within the adopted JCS for the following;

Employment land including a new Cyber Security Hub
New homes
Primary school
Leisure facilities
Sports pitches
Allotments
Hotel and gym

The proposed urban extension, through its unique master planning, provides for land to meet identified future needs for both Cheltenham and Tewkesbury.

The allocation represents a sustainable extension to the principal towns providing measurable improvements to social sustainability, community cohesion and health.

Furthermore, West Cheltenham will be a focal point of the UK’s cyber security capability, hosting government, industry and academia, enhancing Cheltenham and Gloucestershire’s reputation as a world-class centre for digital technology.