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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

South Gloucestershire Council aims for fresh approach to managing waste collections from 2020

Voluntary agency joins forces with council to help out in an emergency

Councillor Rachael Hunt and Thornbury & Yate MP, Luke Hall

2,000 homes in South Gloucestershire to pilot plastic bags and wrapping recycling from October

Daphne Dunning, Clerk of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Rick Dunning, Pucklechurch Parish Council environment lead; Councillor Gail Boyle, Chair of Pucklechurch Parish Council; Councillor Maggie Tyrrell, Leader, South Gloucestershire Council; Councillor Louise Harris, South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet member for the climate and nature emergency; Richard Higgs, Director, Western Forest; Laura Norton, Partnerships Manager for the Forest of Avon and Mia Ridler, Green Infrastructure Officer, West of England Combined Authority.

First trees planted in Pucklechurch Wood as landmark step towards creating new Western Forest

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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New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the...

jw47 - 3rd September 2020
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Frampton Cotterell man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 18th September 2017
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Roger Loveridge Chairman of the Patchway and Charlton Hayes Community Sports Association, Councillor Rachael Hunt cabinet member responsible for communities at South Gloucestershire Council, Councillor Dayley Lawrence Mayor of Patchway, and Jack Turner Clerk at Patchway Town Council

Council secures more than £700,000 to provide new sports facilities...

Editor - 21st March 2023
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New Local Plan approved for public consultation

Editor - 9th October 2020
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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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Licensing for larger privately rented properties set to change

Editor - 24th July 2018
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New land supply analysis strengthens council’s hand to resist speculative development

Editor - 18th December 2018
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A photograph of the fly-tipped waste

Bradley Stoke man ordered to pay over £2,600 following fly-tip and...

Editor - 6th December 2023
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A water vole

Water voles settle into new home at one of UK’s newest...

Editor - 20th June 2023
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Fly-tipped waste at Serridge Lane

Frenchay man ordered to pay over £4,500 following rural lane fly-tip

Editor - 14th May 2025
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Council challenges planning decisions

Editor - 12th June 2018
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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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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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South Gloucestershire News March 2022

March 2022 edition of South Gloucestershire News

Editor - 18th March 2022
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Recycling success celebrated in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th September 2018
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Prosecution follows waste filmed thrown from car window

Editor - 10th January 2017
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Mangotsfield Sort It Centre reopens ahead of schedule

Editor - 25th May 2017
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An image of a model of a house held up against the sun

South Gloucestershire continues to lead the way on delivering new affordable...

Editor - 26th May 2022
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Traffic on a road including a lorry

Supermarket prosecuted for breaching conditions for out of hours deliveries

Editor - 21st March 2025
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Gavel and judge

Landlord prosecuted for non-compliance of Improvement Notice

jw47 - 28th January 2020
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Gavel and judge

North Somerset rogue trader sentenced for conning NHS worker from Thornbury

jw47 - 26th April 2021
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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Mangotsfield woman fined for littering

jw47 - 20th April 2023
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New Local Plan 2018-2036

South Gloucestershire launches 12 week consultation on new Local Plan

Simon - 6th February 2018
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New environmentally friendly electric road sweeper introduced in Kingswood as part...

Editor - 17th October 2019
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South Gloucestershire Council Cabinet agrees 2018/19 Budget

Editor - 5th February 2018
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Litter alongside the A4174 ring road

Kingswood man ordered to pay over £500 for driving with unsecured...

Editor - 15th August 2024
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Bristol fly-tipper prosecuted for dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 15th January 2021
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New planning process will open up and improve application times and...

Editor - 1st November 2018
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An image of a cigarette end in the road

Gloucester man fined £558 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 11th January 2023
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Fly-tipped bin bags

Downend woman fined for fly-tipping bin bags

Editor - 17th October 2025
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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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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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Final draft of the West of England Joint Spatial Plan to...

Editor - 25th October 2017
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A box filled with bottles of seized fake hand sanitiser

Covid hand sanitiser fraud pair sent to prison

Editor - 9th April 2024
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Change in governance arrangements introduced

Editor - 18th May 2017
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Have your say on South Gloucestershire’s new strategy for ‘Greener Places’

jw47 - 22nd June 2021
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Patchway Common buzzing again thanks to award-winning project

Editor - 13th November 2018
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Flood gate testing

ASEA flood defence project commissions flood gates and glass panel flood...

Editor - 1st March 2023
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Waste dumped next to a tree near a path

Yate woman prosecuted following Chipping Sodbury fly-tip

Editor - 23rd May 2023
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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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Red strong wind warning

An update on disruption caused by Storm Darragh

digital - 7th December 2024
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Volunteers thanked at community event

Editor - 6th October 2016
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West of England Joint Spatial Plan Submitted to Government for Review

Editor - 13th April 2018
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South Glos collaborating with Town and Parish Councils on pioneering Local...

jw47 - 13th January 2022
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New cycle lanes for Yate commuter route to improve safety and...

jw47 - 17th August 2020
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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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A house under construction

Call for Sites map published, Council to assess potential development opportunities...

jw47 - 4th March 2021
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