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Councillor Reade planting wildflowers with Max and Kady Stuart

Mass wildflower planting on Siston Common sows the seeds for a greener future

jw47 - 7th October 2022

Spray insulation scams on the rise in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire

A water vole

Water voles settle into new home at one of UK’s newest wildlife wetlands

Gritting fleet prepared for cold period

New Local Plan 2018-2036

Have Your Say on New South Gloucestershire Local Plan – Consultation Ends 30th April

Fines and community service for successfully prosecuted fly-tipper

Editor - 11th December 2018
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A photograph of a fly-tipped sofa

Thornbury man ordered to pay over £2,500 following South Gloucestershire fly-tip

Editor - 10th August 2023
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Green Infrastructure Strategy and Action Plan sets out practical steps to...

jw47 - 9th November 2021
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Roger Loveridge Chairman of the Patchway and Charlton Hayes Community Sports Association, Councillor Rachael Hunt cabinet member responsible for communities at South Gloucestershire Council, Councillor Dayley Lawrence Mayor of Patchway, and Jack Turner Clerk at Patchway Town Council

Council secures more than £700,000 to provide new sports facilities...

Editor - 21st March 2023
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Major development on Filton Airfield approved

Editor - 24th October 2017
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solar panels

Solar farms on the way

Simon - 2nd September 2015
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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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Have your say about how South Gloucestershire grows for our future...

jw47 - 27th November 2020
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All-party agreement to declare climate emergency and take action to reduce...

jw47 - 18th July 2019
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Red strong wind warning

An update on disruption caused by Storm Darragh

digital - 7th December 2024
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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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Recycling success celebrated in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 26th September 2018
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Siston man prosecuted following fly-tip in Henfield, South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 8th July 2021
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An image of a cigarette end in the road

Bristol woman fined over £700 for littering in South Gloucestershire

Editor - 25th 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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Licensing for larger privately rented properties set to change

Editor - 24th July 2018
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Wild flowers in a green open space

Biodiversity projects, school upgrades and new community centre feature in...

Editor - 7th February 2022
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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 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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Launch of Call For Sites process as part of developing the...

Editor - 8th July 2020
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A worker fixing a solar panel on a roof

South Glos Council to install solar PV systems on schools and...

jw47 - 9th December 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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New Local Plan 2018-2036

South Gloucestershire launches 12 week consultation on new Local Plan

Simon - 6th February 2018
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Patchway man prosecuted following Little Stoke fly-tip

Editor - 24th February 2021
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Change in governance arrangements introduced

Editor - 18th May 2017
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Brighton man prosecuted for failing to improve neglected Downend house

jw47 - 13th June 2019
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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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Council employees recognised for public service

Editor - 1st June 2016
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A box filled with bottles of seized fake hand sanitiser

Covid hand sanitiser fraud pair sent to prison

Editor - 9th April 2024
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Wildflowers in South Gloucestershire

Double celebration as South Glos Council celebrates an A rating for...

jw47 - 5th June 2025
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A car and a van parked on a pavement

Yate man ordered to pay over £5,000 following abandoned vehicles offences

Editor - 21st May 2024
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Fly-tippers prosecuted for waste offences in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 3rd December 2021
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The empty home at Marshfield

House owners prosecuted over empty and unmaintained property

Editor - 9th July 2025
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Gavel and judge

Landlord prosecuted for non-compliance of Improvement Notice

jw47 - 28th January 2020
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Staple Hill’s Page Park receives National Lottery investment

Editor - 1st June 2016
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New waste contract to cut costs and litter

jw47 - 6th November 2019
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Trio of fly tippers prosecuted

Editor - 8th March 2017
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South Gloucestershire residents encouraged to plant their own tree during Tree...

jw47 - 25th November 2020
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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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Fly-tipped waste

Fly-tippers face justice for illegally dumping waste in South Gloucestershire

jw47 - 31st March 2022
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Bristol Man ordered to pay almost £7,000 following prosecution for waste...

Editor - 18th May 2022
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Cabinet agrees way forward on climate change and updating the Local...

Editor - 28th April 2020
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South Gloucestershire News March 2022

March 2022 edition of South Gloucestershire News

Editor - 18th March 2022
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Key milestone complete for £57 million Cribbs Patchway metrobus extension

jw47 - 28th May 2021
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Advertising signs on a pallet propped against a traffic light signal

Driveway business ordered to pay over £4,500 for illegal fly posting

Editor - 20th March 2024
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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...

jw47 - 22nd January 2025
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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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Thornbury man prosecuted following country lane fly-tip

Editor - 28th August 2020
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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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Weekly recycling collections to resume in South Gloucestershire on 13 May

jw47 - 29th April 2020
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