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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 this season

Editor - 10th March 2022

Envirocrime team win national award

Residents congratulated for recycling an extra 1,279 tonnes of waste with weekly collections

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 climate and nature emergency

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

Fly-tipped fridges

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

Editor - 12th November 2024
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the fly-tipped fridge freezer

Warmley man fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 5th November 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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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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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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Zero landfill aim for South Gloucestershire waste

jw47 - 12th March 2020
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Little Stoke fly tipper prosecuted

Editor - 21st June 2018
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Green Infrastructure Strategy and Action Plan sets out practical steps to...

jw47 - 9th November 2021
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A photograph of grass and wildflowers on the roadside

South Gloucestershire Council partnered project set to receive £4.7 million Live...

Editor - 26th January 2023
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A photograph of the fly-tipped waste

Bradley Stoke man ordered to pay over £2,600 following fly-tip and...

Editor - 6th December 2023
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Have your say at Community Engagement Forums

Editor - 6th October 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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New Local Plan 2018-2036

South Gloucestershire launches 12 week consultation on new Local Plan

Simon - 6th February 2018
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South Gloucestershire Council to engage with local communities as it starts...

Editor - 18th September 2017
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Further funding will bring more electric vehicle charging points to South...

jw47 - 9th March 2021
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Page Park turf cut event

Editor - 24th November 2016
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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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An image of cardboard boxes and packaging waste fly-tipped on the roadside

Yate man ordered to pay more than £1,200 following South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 31st January 2023
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South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to plant their own tree during Tree...

jw47 - 25th November 2020
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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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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...

Editor - 28th November 2025
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flooded road

A review of recent flooding in South Gloucestershire

digital - 29th November 2024
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Public invited to hear more about changes to Thornbury High Street

jw47 - 24th August 2021
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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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solar panels

Solar farms on the way

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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Number of affordable homes built in South Gloucestershire reaches record high

Editor - 8th August 2018
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Residents and businesses encouraged to have their say on the future...

jw47 - 5th October 2020
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Councillor Steve Reade at an electric vehicle charging point in Filton

Council to make it easier for more to switch to electric...

jw47 - 11th July 2022
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Frampton Cotterell man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 18th September 2017
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Next step announced for consultation on the West of England Joint...

Editor - 6th October 2016
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South Gloucestershire’s Discover Festival

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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Cabinet agrees way forward on climate change and updating the Local...

Editor - 28th April 2020
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Litter alongside the A4174 ring road

Kingswood man ordered to pay over £500 for driving with unsecured...

Editor - 15th August 2024
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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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More sustainable electric vehicles added to fleet

Editor - 24th November 2016
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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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Longwell Green landlord fined for breaching building regulation rules

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Trees being planted.

Western Forest to become a new national forest

jw47 - 24th March 2025
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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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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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An image of a cigarette end in the road

Gloucester man fined £558 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 11th January 2023
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Gavel and judge

Rogue mattress seller prosecuted

jw47 - 30th September 2019
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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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The exterior of Badminton Road office in Yate.

Wind power project for Pucklechurch to be explored in detail as...

jw47 - 15th July 2025
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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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Patchway man prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 30th October 2017
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Holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries

Editor - 4th April 2017
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Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

Editor - 10th July 2018
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First trees planted in Pucklechurch Wood as landmark step towards creating...

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