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Council calls on Government to fund flood defences to protect Severn Beach rail branch line

jw47 - 27th February 2024

Active Travel Grants of up to £1,000 available to organisations that encourage more people to cycle

CCTV of waste being placed in a public bin

Filton convenience store owner ordered to pay almost £500 for illegal business waste disposal

COVID-19 enforcement action

Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Recycle every week from 19 June

Editor - 25th May 2017
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A dropped kerb under construction

Driveway company ordered to pay over £33,000 following fly-posting, waste and...

Editor - 16th May 2024
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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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Land owner ordered to pay over £6,000 for waste offences

Editor - 23rd January 2019
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A black and white image of the former Frog Lane Colliery

South Gloucestershire Council explores using local mines as a source of...

Editor - 15th December 2022
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An image of cardboard boxes and packaging waste fly-tipped on the roadside

Yate man ordered to pay more than £1,200 following South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 31st January 2023
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Michael Thompson from the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust, Jen Nightingale and Carys Peotto from the Bristol Zoological Society UK conservation team, Rowena Kenny from South Gloucestershire Council’s Climate and Nature Team and Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the Climate and Nature Emergency.

Funding secured to help restore nature along the Severn Estuary

Editor - 4th September 2024
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Fly-tipped fridges

Soundwell man ordered to pay over £1,400 following roadside fly-tip

Editor - 12th November 2024
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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Fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Mangotsfield woman prosecuted following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 19th February 2019
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Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Editor - 4th September 2018
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Thornbury man prosecuted following country lane fly-tip

Editor - 28th August 2020
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Planning agreements signed for Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood

Editor - 21st February 2018
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Gavel and judge

Partnership working secures Criminal Behaviour Order first for council

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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low emission bus

Low emission bus announcement

Simon - 29th August 2017
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Launch of Call For Sites process as part of developing the...

Editor - 8th July 2020
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An aerial image of the green South Gloucestershire countryside

Council secures £50k to protect green belt from illegal development

jw47 - 23rd September 2019
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Food waste on a chopping board being placed in to a kitchen caddy

South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to recycle more food waste

Editor - 16th March 2022
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The empty home at Marshfield

House owners prosecuted over empty and unmaintained property

Editor - 9th July 2025
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St Albans man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 27th November 2017
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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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Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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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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Consultation launched as part of independent examination of West of England...

Editor - 13th November 2018
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Warehouse fire update

Simon - 6th December 2017
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Wick man prosecuted for waste offence

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Major development on Filton Airfield approved

Editor - 24th October 2017
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Irresponsible dog owners targeted

Editor - 12th December 2018
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CCTV of waste being placed in a public bin

Filton convenience store owner ordered to pay almost £500 for illegal...

Editor - 15th May 2025
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Fines and community service for successfully prosecuted fly-tipper

Editor - 11th December 2018
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School children presented with award for local litter pick

jw47 - 21st January 2020
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Last chance for public engagement on final draft of West of...

Editor - 4th January 2018
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More sustainable electric vehicles added to fleet

Editor - 24th November 2016
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Consultation launched on the West of England Joint Spatial Plan and...

Editor - 8th November 2016
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Mangotsfield Sort It Centre reopens ahead of schedule

Editor - 25th May 2017
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Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage next to solar panels

Positive progress shown in South Gloucestershire Council’s work to help tackle...

Editor - 9th December 2022
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A banner van parked on the roadside

Yate Indian takeaway ordered to pay over £4,400 following fly-posting offences

Editor - 16th October 2024
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Gavel and judge

Frenchay man fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 16th October 2025
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Volunteers thanked at community event

Editor - 6th October 2016
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South Gloucestershire Council to engage with local communities as it starts...

Editor - 18th September 2017
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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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A grass verge along Goose Green Way, Yate.

Trial for generating green energy launched in Yate

Editor - 11th September 2023
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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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Local Plan 2023 consultation launch

Consultation launches on new Local Plan to deliver affordable homes, jobs,...

jw47 - 7th December 2023
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Tom Hampson, volunteer at Hedgehog Rescue, Councillor Steve Reade, cabinet member responsible for the environment at South Gloucestershire Council, and Yvonne Cox, founder of Hedgehog Rescue in Yate

Become a hedgehog hero and help our hedgehogs thrive

Editor - 1st February 2023
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Councillor Rachael Hunt and Thornbury & Yate MP, Luke Hall

2,000 homes in South Gloucestershire to pilot plastic bags and wrapping...

jw47 - 20th September 2022
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Masterplan consultation launches to help develop a ‘Distinctly Kingswood’ future town...

jw47 - 19th July 2021
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South Gloucestershire man prosecuted for fly tipping waste near his home

Editor - 24th January 2017
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