Up to £20m funding for Cheltenham’s Golden Valley Development

This is the press release as we received it from Cheltenham Borough Council, the driving force behind the Golden Valley Development. We've tweaked only a few points of style.

An artist’s impression of the planned Golden Valley Development to the West of GCHQ, Cheltenham, north of the B0463.

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The council is excited that £20 million has been provisionally awarded to help super-charge the first phase of the national cyber innovation centre at the heart of the Golden Valley Development.

This funding is from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. 

Cllr Max Wilkinson, cabinet member for economic development, culture, tourism and wellbeing, said: “This is unequivocally good news for Cheltenham.

“Cheltenham Borough Council has led this project from the start, most recently working with partners HBDxF.

“We have worked hard locally to ensure the Golden Valley project will…