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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
Councillor Reade planting wildflowers with Max and Kady Stuart

Mass wildflower planting on Siston Common sows the seeds for a greener future

Gavel and judge

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

New Local Plan 2018-2036

South Gloucestershire launches 12 week consultation on new Local Plan

A car and a van parked on a pavement

Yate man ordered to pay over £5,000 following abandoned vehicles offences

South Gloucestershire Council shortlisted for recycling award

Editor - 1st June 2016
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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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New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th December 2016
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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Gavel and judge

Partnership working secures Criminal Behaviour Order first for council

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Change in governance arrangements introduced

Editor - 18th May 2017
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Little Stoke fly tipper prosecuted

Editor - 21st June 2018
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Weekly recycling collections to resume in South Gloucestershire on 13 May

jw47 - 29th April 2020
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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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Fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Green ecological house in empty field

Energy efficient Malmains Drive development progresses

Editor - 31st March 2022
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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 water vole

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

Editor - 20th June 2023
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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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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Three people prosecuted for littering offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 22nd February 2023
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Masterplan consultation launches to help develop a ‘Distinctly Kingswood’ future town...

jw47 - 19th July 2021
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A stock image of black bin bags

Patchway man handed 12 month Community Order and ordered to pay...

Editor - 23rd January 2025
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Green Infrastructure Strategy and Action Plan sets out practical steps to...

jw47 - 9th November 2021
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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scrap metal

Yate man fined for transporting scrap metal without the required licences

Editor - 29th April 2026
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Flood defence project progress impresses West of England Leaders

jw47 - 5th July 2021
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Councillor Louise Harris with councillor Paul Hulbert from Dodington Parish Council and community volunteers.

Local communities take climate and nature action

Editor - 15th May 2024
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Have Your Say: Council Launches Public Consultation on 2017/18 Budget

Editor - 7th November 2016
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Residents congratulated for recycling an extra 1,279 tonnes of waste with...

Editor - 12th December 2017
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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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Patchway Common buzzing again thanks to award-winning project

Editor - 13th November 2018
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West of England Joint Spatial Plan Submitted to Government for Review

Editor - 13th April 2018
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Inefficient homes in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire set to benefit from...

Editor - 17th December 2021
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More sustainable electric vehicles added to fleet

Editor - 24th November 2016
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low emission bus

Low emission bus announcement

Simon - 29th August 2017
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West of England Councils sign 10-year contracts to manage residual waste...

jw47 - 26th July 2019
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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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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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Fines and community service for successfully prosecuted fly-tipper

Editor - 11th December 2018
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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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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-tippers prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 3rd December 2021
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South Gloucestershire Council buys site to expand and improve waste management...

Editor - 21st March 2019
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Climate and Nature Emergency progress report marked by community projects and...

jw47 - 10th December 2020
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Climate and nature graphic

Council signs up to Climate and Nature Bill

Editor - 4th November 2024
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Chris Jelf, Deputy Head at Little Stoke Primary School with pupils from the school celebrating Modeshift STARS 'outstanding' accreditation.

South Gloucestershire schools top national league table for sustainable and...

jw47 - 15th May 2024
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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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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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Have your say on a new Local Plan for South Gloucestershire

Editor - 12th January 2017
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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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Major development on Filton Airfield approved

Editor - 24th October 2017
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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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Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Pontypool man sentenced following multiple fly-tips in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 17th July 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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