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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018

New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Lettings management company Iletpro Ltd ordered to pay £2,700 following HMO offences in South Gloucestershire

A black and white image of the former Frog Lane Colliery

South Gloucestershire Council explores using local mines as a source of renewable heat

South Gloucestershire man prosecuted for fly tipping waste near his home

a fly-tipped sofa on the roadside

Gwent man handed 120 hours community service and ordered to pay...

Editor - 13th January 2025
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West of England Joint Spatial Plan Submitted to Government for Review

Editor - 13th April 2018
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Fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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South Gloucestershire’s first ‘School Street’ to launch in Frampton Cotterell

jw47 - 22nd June 2020
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A tractor and container for grass cuttings

Carbon reduction scheme to be rolled out to more South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 10th April 2024
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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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Fly-tipped bin bags

Downend woman fined for fly-tipping bin bags

Editor - 17th October 2025
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An aerial image of the green South Gloucestershire countryside

Have your say on South Gloucestershire’s Climate Change Strategy

Editor - 19th December 2017
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Wild flowers in a green open space

Biodiversity projects, school upgrades and new community centre feature in...

Editor - 7th February 2022
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New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th December 2016
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Warm and Well is offering grants to make homes that aren't connected to the mains gas network, more energy efficient.

Six million funding offers energy-saving home improvements for off-gas properties across...

jw47 - 26th July 2023
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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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Further funding will bring more electric vehicle charging points to South...

jw47 - 9th March 2021
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Page Park clock tower set for restoration

Editor - 1st June 2016
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New waste contract to cut costs and litter

jw47 - 6th November 2019
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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Gavel and judge

Bradley Stoke builder ordered to pay over £11,000 for breaching building...

Editor - 21st January 2019
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Members of the South Gloucestershire Food Partnership

New report on how food is made, sold and used locally

digital - 22nd May 2025
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Staple Hill’s Page Park receives National Lottery investment

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Ambitious new recycling service given the go-ahead

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Have Your Say: Council Launches Public Consultation on 2017/18 Budget

Editor - 7th November 2016
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Major development on Filton Airfield approved

Editor - 24th October 2017
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Trees being planted.

Western Forest to become a new national forest

jw47 - 24th March 2025
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Fly-tipped waste at Easter Compton

Bristol fly-tippers prosecuted

jw47 - 19th July 2022
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Destroying protected trees costs developer £2,267.46

Editor - 1st February 2017
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Black bin bags dumped on a green space

Lyde Green man fined £368 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 10th July 2024
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Council calls on Government to fund flood defences to protect Severn...

jw47 - 27th February 2024
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A photograph of the damaged Sycamore tree, a trench and a pile of damaged roots

Bradley Stoke man ordered to pay over £9,000 for severely damaging...

Editor - 22nd February 2023
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Gavel and judge

Filton Rogue Trader arrested after failing to show up in court

Editor - 17th September 2025
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West of England Councils sign 10-year contracts to manage residual waste...

jw47 - 26th July 2019
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Dumped bags of rubbish

South Gloucestershire Council secures two more fly-tip convictions

Editor - 28th November 2024
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Bristol man prosecuted following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 18th March 2019
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An image representing the average contents of a South Gloucestershire black bin (by volume) based on waste analysis completed in 2022.

Recycling at the heart of changes to waste management in South...

jw47 - 11th March 2024
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A photograph of the fly-tipped waste discovered in Severn Beach

Bristol man ordered to pay £359 following South Gloucestershire fly-tips

Editor - 19th October 2022
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Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore and South Gloucestershire Council Leader Cllr Toby Savage with representatives of the Friends of Southey Park planting the new trees at Southey Park

South Gloucestershire Council plants over 600 new trees across the area...

Editor - 10th March 2022
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Have your say on a new Local Plan for South Gloucestershire

Editor - 12th January 2017
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Councillor Ian Boulton and Councillor Louise Harris

South Gloucestershire Council launches ICaN initiative to drive nature recovery and...

Editor - 28th April 2026
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A variety of scrap metal waste on the back of a flatbed truck

Bristol man ordered to pay £1,600 for illegally transporting scrap metal...

Editor - 26th January 2023
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Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Climate and Nature Emergency – annual report shows action and progress...

jw47 - 11th December 2025
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New homes and primary school for Warmley on old Grange School...

Editor - 22nd October 2021
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Innovative new hybrid glass flood defence in place on Severn Estuary

Editor - 24th February 2022
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Councillors Louise Harris (right) and Angela Morey (left) cutting a celebration cake, along with other members of the South Gloucestershire Council Administration

South Gloucestershire Council celebrates 5 years of climate and nature action

jw47 - 18th July 2024
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Councillor Rachael Hunt, Jacqui Harris, Martin Burton and Lucy Rees with the thermal imaging cameras

South Gloucestershire Council and Warm and Well bring thermal camera technology...

Editor - 8th November 2022
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Councillor Drew with Parkwall Primary School children and parents

School children perform wildlife show to support nature recovery project

Editor - 9th October 2023
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Record number of new homes will help provide ownership and affordable...

jw47 - 12th October 2021
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Climate and nature graphic

Council signs up to Climate and Nature Bill

Editor - 4th November 2024
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Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Editor - 24th July 2018
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A large blue bag full of empty whipped cream cannisters

Bristol man ordered to pay almost £1,300 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 30th April 2024
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