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A plan for Yate to flourish and prosper – consultation on Masterplan vision and options begins

jw47 - 21st June 2021
South Gloucestershire Council Partner Lead Members for Communities and Local Place, Councillor Jayne Stansfield, and Climate and Nature Emergency, Councillor Alex Doyle, were joined by Mayor Dan Norris and local residents to mark the start of project to sow the wildflower meadows. at Jubilee Park.

Heavy horsepower harnessed to sustainably sow wildflower meadows

South Gloucestershire News March 2022

March 2022 edition of South Gloucestershire News

Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Changes to the Sort It centres

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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Irresponsible dog owners targeted

Editor - 12th December 2018
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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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New land supply analysis strengthens council’s hand to resist speculative development

Editor - 18th December 2018
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Residents congratulated for recycling an extra 1,279 tonnes of waste with...

Editor - 12th December 2017
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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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Bristol man receives 68 week sentence after being prosecuted for fly...

Editor - 2nd February 2018
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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Claire Young stood near a recycling truck

South Gloucestershire Council welcomes willingness of Suez and Union to return...

jw47 - 11th July 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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Advertising signs on a pallet propped against a traffic light signal

Driveway business ordered to pay over £4,500 for illegal fly posting

Editor - 20th March 2024
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Little Stoke Sort It recycling centre to reopen

jw47 - 2nd July 2020
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Warehouse

South Glos Council Leaders write to Secretary of State asking for...

jw47 - 2nd July 2026
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Council calls on Government to fund flood defences to protect Severn...

jw47 - 27th February 2024
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Rogue traders fined and banned from cold calling anywhere in UK

jw47 - 12th September 2019
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Slough man prosecuted for failing to comply with Community Protection Notice

Editor - 17th April 2018
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Warehouse fire update

Simon - 6th December 2017
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High Street changes to support traders and environment developed to help...

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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New environmentally friendly electric road sweeper introduced in Kingswood as part...

Editor - 17th October 2019
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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 proposed to encourage greater engagement

Editor - 10th July 2018
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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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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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South Gloucestershire man prosecuted for fly tipping waste near his home

Editor - 24th January 2017
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A fenced off path with no entry signs

Thornbury man ordered to pay over £8,000 for obstructing public right...

Editor - 19th March 2024
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solar panels

Solar farms on the way

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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New planning process will open up and improve application times and...

Editor - 1st November 2018
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Record number of new homes will help provide ownership and affordable...

jw47 - 12th October 2021
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Patchway Common buzzing again thanks to award-winning project

Editor - 13th November 2018
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Council publishes updated list of sites to be assessed for potential...

Editor - 15th November 2018
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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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Fly-tipped container

Bristol man handed extended prison term following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 10th June 2026
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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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South Gloucestershire’s Discover Festival

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Gavel and judge

Rogue mattress seller prosecuted

jw47 - 30th September 2019
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Fly-tipped waste

Bristol man ordered to pay almost £2,000 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 18th March 2024
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Yate fly-tipper prosecuted

Editor - 17th December 2021
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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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A screenshot of the consultation system

Consultation responses sought on modifications to the South Gloucestershire Policies Sites...

Simon - 3rd July 2017
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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Planters in Staple Hill, South Gloucestershire

Grants awarded to support sustainable planting projects across South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 13th March 2024
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Food Partnership group discussion

New action plan launched to strengthen South Gloucestershire’s food system

Editor - 29th May 2026
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Council challenges planning decisions

Editor - 12th June 2018
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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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Fly-tipped waste

Chepstow man handed 80 hours community service and ordered to pay...

Editor - 26th June 2025
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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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Improved flood defences to protect homes, Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area and...

Simon - 20th June 2017
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Thornbury man prosecuted following country lane fly-tip

Editor - 28th August 2020
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An image of a cigarette end in the road

Bristol woman fined over £700 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 25th January 2023
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Fly-tipped waste

Fly-tippers face justice for illegally dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 31st March 2022
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CCTV of a man removing waste from a vehicle

Yate man ordered to pay over £4,500 following multiple South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 16th November 2023
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