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Record number of new homes will help provide ownership and affordable housing choice

jw47 - 12th October 2021
New Local Plan 2018-2036

South Gloucestershire launches 12 week consultation on new Local Plan

Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

flooded road

A review of recent flooding in South Gloucestershire

Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Report on biodiversity in South Gloucestershire shows council and communities working together to protect and enhance local nature and wildlife

Recycling vehicle

Major changes to South Gloucestershire’s recycling and waste services from August...

Editor - 17th June 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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Destroying protected trees costs developer £2,267.46

Editor - 1st February 2017
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Planning changes will encourage greater engagement

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Commercial vehicles carrying poorly secured loads stopped to help tackle roadside...

Editor - 24th May 2022
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Plan for Yate investment unveiled

Editor - 13th December 2021
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West of England Joint Spatial Plan Submitted to Government for Review

Editor - 13th April 2018
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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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Climate and nature graphic

Council signs up to Climate and Nature Bill

Editor - 4th November 2024
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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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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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Food Partnership group discussion

New action plan launched to strengthen South Gloucestershire’s food system

Editor - 29th May 2026
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Changes to the Sort It centres

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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School children presented with award for local litter pick

jw47 - 21st January 2020
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Fly-tippers prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 3rd December 2021
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Fines and community service for successfully prosecuted fly-tipper

Editor - 11th December 2018
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Flood defence project progress impresses West of England Leaders

jw47 - 5th July 2021
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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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SGN special edition June 2019

Special edition of South Gloucestershire News

Simon - 20th June 2019
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Two South Gloucestershire residents prosecuted for waste offences

Editor - 9th January 2019
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Black bin-liners full of waste dumped on a pavement

Filton students handed 12 months conditional discharge and ordered to pay...

Editor - 23rd February 2024
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Codrington fly-tip

Two more fly-tippers prosecuted in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 6th October 2025
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Council employees recognised for public service

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 22nd August 2017
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Active Travel Grants of up to £1,000 available to organisations that...

jw47 - 20th May 2024
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An image of green waste on a trailer

Thornbury man handed 12-month conditional discharge for illegally transporting waste in...

Editor - 11th January 2023
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Consultation launched as part of independent examination of West of England...

Editor - 13th November 2018
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New waste contract to cut costs and litter

jw47 - 6th November 2019
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Recycling success celebrated in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th September 2018
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Gavel and judge

North Somerset rogue trader sentenced for conning NHS worker from Thornbury

jw47 - 26th April 2021
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Residents encouraged to help shape plans for Jubilee Park as potential...

jw47 - 1st June 2022
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Have your say about how South Gloucestershire grows for our future...

jw47 - 27th November 2020
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Yate fly-tipper prosecuted

Editor - 17th December 2021
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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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An image of fly-tipped waste in Hanham

Bristol man ordered to pay over £500 following fly-tip in South...

Editor - 15th December 2022
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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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Trees being planted.

Western Forest to become a new national forest

jw47 - 24th March 2025
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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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Common Connections officer David Tibbatts, Bobbie Sutherland and Paul Kearsley from Emersons Green Town Council, and Councillor Louise Harris at the bulb planting

Common Connections project sees over 85,000 spring bulbs planted in South...

Editor - 18th December 2024
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South Gloucestershire Council shortlisted for recycling award

Editor - 1st June 2016
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St Albans man prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 27th November 2017
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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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An image of park homes in South Gloucestershire

£1.7m park home insulation scheme makes residents warmer and happier

Editor - 12th May 2022
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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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Last chance for public engagement on final draft of West of...

Editor - 4th January 2018
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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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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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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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Improvement work for recycling facility at Mangotsfield

Editor - 16th January 2017
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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