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Article: Pounds 2.5m will re-start stalled homes bid
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- Gloucestershire Echo, The
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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THE Government has earmarked Pounds 2.5 million to re-start a
stalled housing project in Tewkesbury.
It is part of an overall amount of nearly Pounds 10 million
allocated to get house builders moving again in Gloucestershire.
Housing minister John Healey said the cash will go to help build
222 homes in the county. The Pounds 2.5 million has been earmarked
for 102 properties in the town to be built by Bovis Homes Ltd.
Barratt Developments Plc will get nearly Pounds 7.5 million in
pump-priming cash for a 120-home development at The Oaks in the
Forest of Dean.
Bovis Homes said it was delighted to get the money, via the Home
and Communities Agency.
Spokeswoman Ruth McDonagh said it would enable ...