Editing Cheltenham (section)

== Potential merger of Cheltenham and Gloucester ==
In May 2024, under plans by [[Gloucestershire County Council]], it was reported that there are secret talks to formally merge the conurbations of Cheltenham and Gloucester with each other.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Carmelo |date=11 May 2024 |title=Secret plans to 'merge Cheltenham with Gloucester' and create garden towns |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/secret-plans-merge-gloucester-cheltenham-9276608 |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=Gloucestershire Live |language=en}}</ref> The plans suggest that around ten new [[garden towns]] could be built around the green belt at [[Boddington, Gloucestershire|Boddington]] which if removed would result in the complete merger of both boroughs. Doing so would facilitate and effectively merge the two into a [[supercity]].<ref>{{cite web |date=10 July 2024 |title=Cheltenham and Gloucester councilors are said to be opposing any move towards a 'super city' in the green belt – uwfinance |url=https://www.uwfinance.ca/g00d/8dcea63080P34fdd54/ |access-date=19 July 2024}}</ref> The move has been criticised by both [[Cheltenham Borough Council]] and [[Gloucester City Council]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 2024 |title=Cheltenham and Gloucester council chiefs would oppose any move for 'supercity' on green belt |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cheltenham-gloucester-council-chiefs-oppose-132946076.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAFKtdjlJL1-2cZdiWp6KZ1QXPyz8-AM680-AsR1AUv6kUPRitCQsbC7z-qKkZG9k2JNSc5R0YJcBDCNjZxEdLk63B85GrhqudH2yNNhSLKbiOAcFvyQzPkT0ktMtD1Zvx2hVXzSBma3ybPgtidB12I2sUTmLm2GyFRCJJkyUuvD |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=Yahoo News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=16 May 2024 |title=Build 140k homes could 'merge' Gloucester and Cheltenham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25rr4d218zo#:~:text=Plans%20to%20%27merge%27%20districts%20could%20create%20140k%20homes&text=The%20draft%20also%20proposes%20removing,largely%20undeveloped%20or%20agricultural%20land. |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref>