Affordable housing development completed in Cheltenham
Housing association Bromford has announced the completion of a 70-plus affordable housing development in Gloucestershire.
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A 71-home affordable housing development in Cheltenham has been completed.
Gloucestershire-based housing association Bromford completed the final touches to the remaining homes last week, getting them ready for new customers to move in.
The homes have been built by Bromford’s in-house construction team on a brownfield site on Village Road, which was formally occupied by the Douglas Equipment factory. Work started on site in autumn 2023 and has been completed on schedule.
Bromford has built a mix of 1-bedroom maisonettes and two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, of which 32 have been made available to rent, with the other 39 available to part-buy, part-rent through the housing association’s shared ownership homes.
There are still three shared ownership homes available to purchase.
All the homes in the development have been fitted with air source heat pumps as a low-carbon alternative to gas boilers and most of the homes also have solar panels fitted. EV charging points have been fitted as standard to all properties.
The cost of the development has been supported by funding from Homes England as part of Bromford’s strategic partnership with the Government agency.
The homes have been completed in phases, with the first customers moving in towards the end of 2024.
Site Manager James Atkinson said: “We’re very proud of the new homes we have built here in Cheltenham. Our team has worked hard over the past 18 months to deliver these homes to a high standard and to complete them on time.
“We’ve had positive feedback from the customers who moved in a few months ago and hope they enjoy long, happy, healthy lives in our homes.”
Project manager Stuart Hay said: “It’s great to see the completion of these attractive, modern, energy-efficient homes, which increase the amount of affordable housing in Cheltenham.
“We remain committed to playing our part in tackling the housing crisis and developing new affordable homes across Gloucestershire and the wider West of England region.”
Bromford is the largest housing association in Gloucestershire and is currently building homes on sites in Winchcombe, Stroud and Gloucester. Later this year it will begin work on a 180 home development on the outskirts of Cheltenham at Old Gloucester Road.
Bromford is part of Bromford Flagship, an 80,000 home housing association, which is one of the biggest builders of affordable housing in the country.
Over the next 30 years the housing association has ambitions to build 60,000 homes across eastern, central and south west England, of which around half will be for social rent.
The story above is a press release sent to Raikes on 11 April 2025.
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