On 4th June 2025, Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport, approved an ambitious scheme by Gloucester Highways to improve M5 Junction 10. This important decision, called a Development Consent Order (DCO), will result in a significant upgrade of Junction 10 to allow full access for northbound and southbound traffic. The decision also includes an upgrade of the eastbound A4019 Tewkesbury Road into Cheltenham, from Junction 10 to Hayden Road (the B4634) near Sainsbury’s.

The M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme is seen as vital to help encourage necessary new housing developments to support significant business development in the region. The Joint Core Strategy (JCS) targets 35,000 new homes and almost 40,000 new jobs. Work has commenced on the scheme and is due to be completed in 2028.

Back in 2025, Bloor Homes submitted a planning application for a new access junction on the north side of the upgraded Tewkesbury Road, serving land earmarked for development.

This application has now been approved. The application was submitted last summer so the designers of the M10 upgrade, and more specifically the Tewkesbury Road improvements, could incorporate Bloor’s proposed access junction design.