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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 in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 11th December 2025
CCTV of waste being placed in a public bin

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

Fly-tipped waste

Yate man sent to prison following multiple waste offences and CBO breach

Gavel and judge

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

Rogue traders fined and banned from cold calling anywhere in UK

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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Spray insulation scams on the rise in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire

jw47 - 7th January 2022
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Council Leader Toby Savage speaking at the West of England Nature Partnership conference.

Empower parish councils to spark a community-led nature revolution, urges council...

Editor - 9th June 2022
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Improvement work for recycling facility at Mangotsfield

Editor - 16th January 2017
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Councillor Rachael Hunt

Flexible plastic trial makes good progress in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 21st February 2023
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Last chance for public engagement on final draft of West of...

Editor - 4th January 2018
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Councillor Louise Harris with councillor Paul Hulbert from Dodington Parish Council and community volunteers.

South Gloucestershire Council reports on progress and challenges in tackling the...

jw47 - 22nd January 2025
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Recycling success celebrated in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th September 2018
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New Local Plan approved for public consultation

Editor - 9th October 2020
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New recycling bag

South Gloucestershire Council introduces new recycling bags for households

Editor - 29th January 2026
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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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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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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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ypical British terraced houses

Consultation on proposed controls on HMO conversions in Filton and Stoke...

Editor - 8th 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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Residents encouraged to help shape plans for Jubilee Park as potential...

jw47 - 1st June 2022
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Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

Editor - 15th December 2016
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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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Land owner ordered to pay over £6,000 for waste offences

Editor - 23rd January 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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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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New Local Plan 2018-2036

Have Your Say on New South Gloucestershire Local Plan – Consultation...

Editor - 24th April 2018
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New homes and primary school for Warmley on old Grange School...

Editor - 22nd October 2021
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Gavel and judge

Rogue traders ordered to pay nearly £46,000

Editor - 4th September 2018
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A large pile of tyres

Cadbury Heath man handed Conditional Discharge and fined for illegally storing...

Editor - 28th April 2026
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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council...

Editor - 4th July 2018
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Residents and businesses encouraged to have their say on the future...

jw47 - 5th October 2020
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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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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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Wick man prosecuted for waste offence

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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Local Plan 2023 consultation launch

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

jw47 - 7th December 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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Gavel and judge

Rogue roofer jailed after repeated fraud against a total of 19...

Editor - 21st November 2024
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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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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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Ambitious new recycling service given the go-ahead

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Councillor Erica Williams, cabinet member responsible for schools at South Gloucestershire Council, with children at Barley Close Community Primary School

South Gloucestershire schools receive top grades for encouraging sustainable travel

Editor - 28th September 2022
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Bristol man given conditional discharge and ordered to pay £110 clear...

Editor - 29th April 2019
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Recycling and containers

Plastic bags and wrapping recycling to expand to reach 22,000 South...

Editor - 8th April 2024
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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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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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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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StreetCare operative knocks on door to check on resident

An update on recent flooding in South Gloucestershire

digital - 27th November 2024
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Fly-tipped waste on a grass verge

Former Patchway man prosecuted for Aust fly-tip

Editor - 29th October 2025
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A photograph of the waste pile before and after it had been set alight

Yate men handed suspended sentences, fines and behaviour orders for waste...

Editor - 2nd November 2023
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Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Logo for the Great Big Green Week 2022

Get involved in the Great Big Green Week in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 21st September 2022
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