New 'town' for Gloucestershire will deliver £2.5blln of investment, a £300m economic boost and 8,000 new jobs

Developers have spelt out the potential impact on Gloucestershire of plans to build 4,000-plus homes and a business park near Cheltenham, after winning a 12-year battle for the controversial scheme.

Dear readers,

Welcome to Friday’s edition of The Raikes Journal.

Wrapped up in the story that is our main lead on today’s edition was another story of potentially even greater significance to Gloucestershire.

But for the moment, we’ve focused on the news about a major development now set to go ahead to the North West of Cheltenham.

And rather than home in on the controversies and many objections that have characterised its progress through planning, we focus instead on what developers claim will be the potential impact on the county’s economy, jobs market and the wider regional economy.

As for the other story we mentioned - if you are asking what on earth can be bigger than a development that will allegedly deliver a £2.5 billion investment in Gloucestershire, a £300m economic boost and 8,000 new jobs?

You’ll have to wait until Monday to find out. Have a great weekend.

Best regards,

Andrew Merrell (editor).

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