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Council publishes updated list of sites to be assessed for potential development

Editor - 15th November 2018
Litter being thrown from a vehicle

South Gloucestershire Council takes action to help reduce littering from vehicles

Wildflowers in South Gloucestershire

Double celebration as South Glos Council celebrates an A rating for climate action and the Festival of Nature begins

A variety of scrap metal waste on the back of a flatbed truck

Bristol man ordered to pay £1,600 for illegally transporting scrap metal in South Gloucestershire

New Local Plan approved for public consultation

Flood gate testing

ASEA flood defence project commissions flood gates and glass panel flood...

Editor - 1st March 2023
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Consultation launched as part of independent examination of West of England...

Editor - 13th November 2018
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Ambitious new recycling service given the go-ahead

Editor - 6th October 2016
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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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Food Partnership group discussion

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

Editor - 29th May 2026
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New Local Plan 2018-2036

Have Your Say on New South Gloucestershire Local Plan – Consultation...

Editor - 24th April 2018
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Symbol of a rubbish bin

Three people prosecuted for littering offences in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 22nd February 2023
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Bristol man prosecuted following fly-tip in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 18th March 2019
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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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Tom Hampson, volunteer at Hedgehog Rescue, Councillor Steve Reade, cabinet member responsible for the environment at South Gloucestershire Council, and Yvonne Cox, founder of Hedgehog Rescue in Yate

Become a hedgehog hero and help our hedgehogs thrive

Editor - 1st February 2023
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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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Black bin bags dumped on a green space

Lyde Green man fined £368 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 10th July 2024
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Holiday activities in South Gloucestershire libraries

Editor - 4th April 2017
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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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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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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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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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New multi-million pound housing development under way in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 20th December 2016
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Warm and Well is offering grants to make homes that aren't connected to the mains gas network, more energy efficient.

Six million funding offers energy-saving home improvements for off-gas properties across...

jw47 - 26th July 2023
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Fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 22nd 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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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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Volunteers thanked at community event

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Council employees recognised for public service

Editor - 1st June 2016
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Land owner ordered to pay over £6,000 for waste offences

Editor - 23rd January 2019
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Lettings management company Iletpro Ltd ordered to pay £2,700 following HMO...

Editor - 7th December 2021
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Warehouse fire update

Simon - 6th December 2017
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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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Last chance for public engagement on final draft of West of...

Editor - 4th January 2018
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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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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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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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Record number of new homes will help provide ownership and affordable...

jw47 - 12th October 2021
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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 tractor and container for grass cuttings

Carbon reduction scheme to be rolled out to more South Gloucestershire...

Editor - 10th April 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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Slough man prosecuted for failing to comply with Community Protection Notice

Editor - 17th April 2018
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Logo for the Great Big Green Week 2022

Get involved in the Great Big Green Week in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 21st September 2022
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Council’s pest control team help remove bee swarm

Editor - 6th October 2016
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Innovative new hybrid glass flood defence in place on Severn Estuary

Editor - 24th February 2022
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School children presented with award for local litter pick

jw47 - 21st January 2020
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More sustainable electric vehicles added to fleet

Editor - 24th November 2016
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New planning support to help residents build annexes and outbuildings

jw47 - 7th October 2021
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Members of the South Gloucestershire Food Partnership

New report on how food is made, sold and used locally

digital - 22nd May 2025
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central heating radiator

Funding to help heat homes

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Council publishes updated list of sites to be assessed for potential...

Editor - 15th November 2018
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Landlords prosecuted for renting unsafe property

Editor - 15th December 2016
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Cllr Louise Harris taking part in tree planting at the new Pucklechurch Woodland

Climate and Nature Emergency – annual report shows action and progress...

jw47 - 11th December 2025
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