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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Maggie Tyrrell

South Gloucestershire Council calls on the Government to enforce planning requirements on EDF at Hinkley Point C to prevent critical levels of wildlife destruction

jw47 - 17th October 2024
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

New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the air for pupils

Page Park clock tower set for restoration

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

Council employees recognised for public service

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Fly-tipped waste at Easter Compton

Bristol fly-tippers prosecuted

jw47 - 19th July 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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Fly-tipped waste

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

Editor - 26th June 2025
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Cllr Reade with EV at The Venue Cribbs

New EV charge points now available at Cribbs Causeway for South...

jw47 - 25th March 2022
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Fines and community service for successfully prosecuted fly-tipper

Editor - 11th December 2018
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New planning support to help residents build annexes and outbuildings

jw47 - 7th October 2021
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New homes and primary school for Warmley on old Grange School...

Editor - 22nd October 2021
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St Albans man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 27th November 2017
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Councillor Drew with Parkwall Primary School children and parents

School children perform wildlife show to support nature recovery project

Editor - 9th October 2023
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Waste spilling from a black bin bag on the pavement

Hair salon owner ordered to pay over £1,500 after business waste...

Editor - 15th October 2024
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Residents congratulated for recycling an extra 1,279 tonnes of waste with...

Editor - 12th December 2017
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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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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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South Gloucestershire’s Discover Festival

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Single use cups and plastic cutlery to be removed from council...

Editor - 4th July 2018
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Waste operatives loading recycling on to a truck

South Gloucestershire’s impressive recycling rate continues to rise

Editor - 28th March 2023
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Little Stoke Sort It recycling centre to reopen

jw47 - 2nd July 2020
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Gavel and judge

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

Editor - 21st January 2019
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Bristol landlord fined thousands for failing to make repairs to Kingswood...

jw47 - 8th September 2020
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Old fridges

Fridge and freezer disposal – important update

digital - 13th April 2026
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A photograph of buildings, roads and pathways in Charlton Hayes

30-year vision for South Gloucestershire neighbourhoods unveiled

Editor - 10th October 2022
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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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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Patchway man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 30th October 2017
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Conditional discharge and fines follow discovery of fly tipped waste

Editor - 12th December 2016
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Yate man fined after discovery of fly tipped hairdressing waste

Editor - 24th November 2016
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Brighton man prosecuted for failing to improve neglected Downend house

jw47 - 13th June 2019
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Gritting fleet prepared for cold period

Editor - 30th November 2015
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Fly-tipped bin bags

Downend woman fined for fly-tipping bin bags

Editor - 17th October 2025
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Improvement work for recycling facility at Mangotsfield

Editor - 16th January 2017
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South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to plant their own tree during Tree...

jw47 - 25th November 2020
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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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West of England Joint Spatial Plan Submitted to Government for Review

Editor - 13th April 2018
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A worker fixing a solar panel on a roof

South Glos Council to install solar PV systems on schools and...

jw47 - 9th December 2024
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Holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries

Editor - 4th April 2017
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Retirement home developer ordered to pay almost £7,000 for breaching planning...

Editor - 2nd May 2018
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Councillor Louise Harris, Emily Harrison from the School Leadership Team, Active Travel Champion Beverley Furber and school children at The Ridge Juniors in Yate

South Gloucestershire schools handed top sustainable travel awards

Editor - 27th September 2023
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Waste operatives loading recycling on to a truck

Council to explore options for new waste and recycling contract from...

Editor - 19th June 2023
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Thornbury man prosecuted following country lane fly-tip

Editor - 28th August 2020
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Councillor Rachael Hunt at a South Gloucestershire Sort It recycling centre.

South Gloucestershire recycling rates continue to break records

jw47 - 10th October 2022
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Common Connections project gets green light

Editor - 10th February 2022
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Public invited to hear more about changes to Thornbury High Street

jw47 - 24th August 2021
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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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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Gavel and judge

Caerphilly man fined for fly-tipping fridge freezer

Editor - 6th October 2025
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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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Shaping the future of South Gloucestershire – Phase Two of...

Editor - 8th February 2022
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A photograph of fly-tipped waste near a lamp post

Keynsham man ordered to pay £1,193 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 18th October 2022
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