Cheltenham Green Party has issued a warning about the
erosion of promised community benefits from the Golden Valley
development, following their position as the only party to vote against
the planning application when social housing provisions were being
watered down.
Cllr Jan Foster said at the planning meeting:
“In principle, I support the development of this land for housing, but
I am concerned about the shortfall in affordable housing. If we and our
partners don’t keep to our own policy how can we expect other developers
to?
With regard to developer profit, perhaps it is time that developers
accepted lower profits than have become considered acceptable.
For this reason I cannot support the application.”
See the full statement here.https://docs.google.com/document/d/16G-7yU22YcsBzl8Atl-SQpgV5ezmH8o67FzjQO1TvK8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rdxkugodsyfd