South Gloucestershire has been awarded a coveted ‘green flag’ in a new national report on how well public services are working together to improve the quality of life for residents. The Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) – published today (Wednesday 9 December) – found that organisations such as South Gloucestershire Council, NHS South Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset Police and Avon Fire
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A development offering new houses at affordable rents has been officially opened in Thornbury. The four new houses, at North East Road, have been developed by Solon Housing, which part funded the scheme along with the Homes & Communities Agency and South Gloucestershire Council which provided the land for free. Cllr Matthew Riddle, the council’s executive member for community care
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Pupils and staff at St Stephen’s Infant School in Kingswood are enjoying their new green accolade: Yellow Pages Recycling Champions for England 2009. They are also looking forward to spending their well-earned £1,000 prize money. Fifty-two schools in South Gloucestershire took part in the Yellow Woods Challenge this year, collecting a total of 16,039 Yellow Pages between them. SITA South
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Local residents and businesses are being asked to comment on plans to introduce parking restrictions in the area around the new council offices being built on Badminton Road in Yate. As part of the council’s Green Travel Plan, parking restrictions are being proposed that will cover all roads within 800 metres of the Badminton Road site, including residential roads and
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South Gloucestershire Council in conjunction with Bristol City Council is undertaking consultation on the development of a major transport scheme – the North Fringe to Hengrove Package. The Package was identified in the South West Regional Funding Advice with a total allocation of £168m and comprises of a proposed rapid transit network with two branches in South Gloucestershire. One in
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South Gloucestershire Council has taken legal action over a house in Coalpit Heath which has been empty for over 16 years. The action coincides with a National Week of Action on Empty Homes which runs from 23 to 27 November. The property is being made the subject of an Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO) as part of the council’s Empty
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A wind band from Yate has won a coveted award at the West of England and South Wales Regional Concert Band Festival in Monmouth. Earlier this month Yate Music Centre’s Senior Wind Band performed a 20 minute programme of music for woodwind, brass and percussion under the experienced baton of musical director David Pagett, to scoop the prestigious Platinum Award.
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South Gloucestershire Library Service has launched a new online resource available in libraries across the district to help both individuals and community groups identify funding from grant-giving organisations. The online database is provided by the charity FunderFinder which specialises in information and advice about grant-giving charitable trusts and foundations in the UK. The database holds the details of over 4,500
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Calls by South Gloucestershire’s Conservative councillors to scrap the region’s controversial planning blueprint have won the backing of a senior Conservative MP. Grant Shapps MP, the Shadow Minister for Housing, promised the district that a future Conservative government would scrap Labour’s Regional Spatial Strategy, as he visited the area this week to meet local Green Belt campaigners. His pledge comes
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A Pilning man has pleaded guilty over sales of counterfeit clothing, films and games as well as possessing a “chipped” games console. Kane Goodman, 35, of Wainbridge Crescent, Pilning, pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court to 17 charges under the Trade Marks Act 1994 for selling and possessing counterfeit goods. He also pleaded guilty to one charge under the Copyright,
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