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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 offences carried out during Covid lockdown

Editor - 2nd November 2023
low emission bus

Low emission bus announcement

West of England Enterprise Area flood defence work gathers pace

A house under construction

Call for Sites map published, Council to assess potential development opportunities as part of new Local Plan making

Children and staff from The Park Primary School in Kingswood celebrate their Modeshift STARS accreditation.

South Gloucestershire schools top national league table for sustainable and active travel for second year running

The Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area (ASEA) Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence Project has been shortlisted for a prestigious civil engineering award.

ASEA Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence Project shortlisted for a prestigious...

jw47 - 8th July 2024
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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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Litter being thrown from a vehicle

South Gloucestershire Council takes action to help reduce littering from vehicles

Editor - 1st November 2023
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A photograph of fly-tipped waste in Filton

Severn Beach man fined £1,588 for fly-tipping in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th October 2022
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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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Shaping the future of South Gloucestershire – Phase Two of...

Editor - 8th February 2022
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Mangotsfield woman prosecuted following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 19th February 2019
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Number of tree varieties in Page Park more than doubles with...

Editor - 24th March 2017
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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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Have your say on the Resource and Waste Strategy: 2020 and...

jw47 - 15th August 2019
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Innovative new hybrid glass flood defence in place on Severn Estuary

Editor - 24th February 2022
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Sign on fence saying No tipping or dumping

Mangotsfield man ordered to pay over £2,000 following fly-tip prosecution

Editor - 23rd August 2022
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New planning process will open up and improve application times and...

Editor - 1st November 2018
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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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Zero landfill aim for South Gloucestershire waste

jw47 - 12th March 2020
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West of England Joint Spatial Plan Submitted to Government for Review

Editor - 13th April 2018
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COVID-19 enforcement action

Editor - 30th April 2020
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A banner van parked on the roadside

Yate Indian takeaway ordered to pay over £4,400 following fly-posting offences

Editor - 16th October 2024
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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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Councillor Steve Reade is pictured with Marshfield residents, including members of the parish council, Marshfield Community Centre and Sustainable Marshfield.

Council commits to more electric vehicle charge points

jw47 - 15th March 2023
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Council challenges Charfield planning decision

Editor - 4th September 2018
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Fly-tipped fridges

Soundwell man ordered to pay over £1,400 following roadside fly-tip

Editor - 12th November 2024
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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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Fly-tippers prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 3rd December 2021
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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Mangotsfield woman fined for littering

jw47 - 20th April 2023
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Trees being planted.

Western Forest to become a new national forest

jw47 - 24th March 2025
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An image of the Sevrnside coast looking out to the Severn Bridge

Communities in Severnside invited to help shape future of the area

Editor - 9th June 2022
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Spray insulation scams on the rise in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire

jw47 - 7th January 2022
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Further funding will bring more electric vehicle charging points to South...

jw47 - 9th March 2021
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Recycle every week from 19 June

Editor - 25th May 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 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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Land owner ordered to pay over £6,000 for waste offences

Editor - 23rd January 2019
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Councillor Rachael Hunt at Mangotsfield Sort It centre during the slip road’s construction

Mangotsfield recycling centre slip road nears completion

Editor - 6th February 2023
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An empty kitchen after Brown ripped out the units

Company director jailed for multiple thefts from customers

Editor - 30th June 2025
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A photo of a car next to several black bin bags in a car park area

Stoke Gifford man ordered to pay over £1,500 following fly-tip in...

Editor - 7th February 2023
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Planning agreements signed for Cribbs Patchway New Neighbourhood

Editor - 21st February 2018
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Council Leader Councillor Toby Savage next to solar panels

South Gloucestershire recognised among top-10 Councils in National Climate Emergency Action...

jw47 - 27th January 2022
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Children reap benefits from outdoor play session

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Bristol man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 1st February 2018
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Volunteers thanked at community event

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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Number of affordable homes built in South Gloucestershire reaches record high

Editor - 8th August 2018
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Bristol man prosecuted following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 18th March 2019
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Next step announced for consultation on the West of England Joint...

Editor - 6th October 2016
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ypical British terraced houses

Have your say on controls to HMO conversions in Filton and...

Editor - 12th October 2022
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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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Yate man fined after discovery of fly tipped hairdressing waste

Editor - 24th November 2016
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More sustainable electric vehicles added to fleet

Editor - 24th November 2016
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