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Warehouse

South Glos Council Leaders write to Secretary of State asking for review of outdated and undemocratic ‘MegaShed’ Severnside 50’s-era planning law

jw47 - 2nd July 2026

Planning changes proposed to encourage greater engagement

Food Partnership group discussion

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

Fly-tipped fridges

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

Voluntary agency joins forces with council to help out in an emergency

West of England leaders

Councils working together to secure more powers

Simon - 1st September 2015
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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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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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Green ecological house in empty field

Energy efficient Malmains Drive development progresses

Editor - 31st March 2022
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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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Fly-tipped waste

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

Editor - 26th June 2025
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A plan for Yate to flourish and prosper – consultation on...

jw47 - 21st June 2021
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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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Roll out of new bins will help boost recycling rates

Editor - 11th January 2018
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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Have Your Say: Council launches public consultation on 2018/19 budget

Editor - 16th November 2017
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Improvement work for recycling facility at Mangotsfield

Editor - 16th January 2017
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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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Waste dumped next to a tree near a path

Yate woman prosecuted following Chipping Sodbury fly-tip

Editor - 23rd May 2023
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low emission bus

Low emission bus announcement

Simon - 29th August 2017
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Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Report on biodiversity in South Gloucestershire shows council and communities working...

jw47 - 10th March 2026
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Climate and Nature Emergency progress report marked by community projects and...

jw47 - 10th December 2020
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Council challenges Charfield planning decision

Editor - 4th September 2018
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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 Rachael Hunt, Jacqui Harris, Martin Burton and Lucy Rees with the thermal imaging cameras

South Gloucestershire Council and Warm and Well bring thermal camera technology...

Editor - 8th November 2022
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Councillor Reade planting wildflowers with Max and Kady Stuart

Mass wildflower planting on Siston Common sows the seeds for a...

jw47 - 7th October 2022
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Black bin bags amongst vegetation

Emersons Green man ordered to pay over £1,000 following Warmley fly-tip

Editor - 16th November 2023
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Councillor Louise Harris at a recent tree planting event with pupils from Warmley Park school

South Gloucestershire Council’s climate and nature emergency progress outlined in annual...

Editor - 7th December 2023
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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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Irresponsible dog owners targeted

Editor - 12th December 2018
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Cabinet agrees way forward on climate change and updating the Local...

Editor - 28th April 2020
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cctv footage

Bradley Stoke man fined following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 28th January 2026
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New ‘School Streets’ in Kingswood and Yate to help clear the...

jw47 - 3rd September 2020
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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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Land owner ordered to pay over £6,000 for waste offences

Editor - 23rd January 2019
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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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Fly-tipped waste on a grass verge

Former Patchway man prosecuted for Aust fly-tip

Editor - 29th October 2025
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Gavel and judge

Caerphilly man fined for fly-tipping fridge freezer

Editor - 6th October 2025
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Change in governance arrangements introduced

Editor - 18th May 2017
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Commercial vehicles carrying poorly secured loads stopped to help tackle roadside...

Editor - 24th May 2022
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Teachers and children planting new trees

Free voucher scheme aims to encourage tree planting in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 30th November 2022
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Warehouse fire update

Simon - 6th December 2017
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Warehouse

South Glos Council Leaders write to Secretary of State asking for...

jw47 - 2nd July 2026
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Fly-tippers prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 3rd December 2021
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New cycle lanes for Yate commuter route to improve safety and...

jw47 - 17th August 2020
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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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Cllr Ian Boulton and Cllr Maggie Tyrrell

South Gloucestershire Council calls on the Government to enforce planning requirements...

jw47 - 17th October 2024
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South Gloucestershire Council shortlisted for recycling award

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Have your say on the Resource and Waste Strategy: 2020 and...

jw47 - 15th August 2019
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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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Work to start at railway bridge to support cyclist and pedestrian...

jw47 - 20th August 2021
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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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Major investment to prevent flooding on South Gloucestershire roads as resilience...

jw47 - 8th March 2021
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