We question why the ten councillors who manage CPF here are using our £6.5bn fund to build homes in Cheltenham, rather than here in Cheshire for our communities, our families, and our futures.
CPF and 215 new houses in Cheltenham (February 2022)
CPF owns a portfolio of 30 properties, but NOT ONE is in Cheshire, Warrington or Halton, the area covered by CPF, funded both by employees and all Council Tax payers.
Letter from Cheltenham Civic Society to all Councillors about the proposed 215 houses – “A proposal such as this simply would not be permitted to desecrate Chester’s rich heritage so why should it be acceptable to destroy Cheltenham’s?”. Other media coverage….
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-62955555
- https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/civic-society-slams-redevelopment-scheme-for-cheltenham-industrial-estate
- https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23193213.council-fire-plan-destroy-heritage/
- https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/campaigners-blast-councils-shoddy-215-7590387
Our past Press Releases and articles – including the CPF property in London with a strip club in the basement…
- 2018 PR07 CPF property – not in Cheshire
- 2019 PR09 Housing and Cheshire
- 2021 Housing Beyond Markets and State
- 2022 Tackling the under-supply of Housing in England (House of Commons CBP7671)
- 2023 UK pension funds step in to build affordable homes (The Guardian)
