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10:55am - 28 April 2022

North Somerset Council's Executive councillors have approved a new customer services strategy which aims to develop and improve the council's customer service over the next five years.

new build housing

12:33pm - 26 April 2022

North Somerset residents have a final chance to have their say on how the area will grow and develop over the next 15 years.

Official opening of the cycle route through Ashton Court Estate

11:59am - 26 April 2022

A popular walking and cycling route through the Ashton Court Estate has been officially opened – two years after it was completed.

A photo of land North Somerset Council owns at Nore Road in Portishead.

2:45pm - 25 April 2022

North Somerset Council has today (Monday 25 April) taken legal steps to reclaim land it owns at Nore Road from the former lessee due to four years’ unpaid rent.

house on building plans

10:05am - 25 April 2022

North Somerset Council has today (Monday 25 April) launched an eight-week consultation about possible housing and employment development on land it owns.

a pound sign held up against the sunlight

11:22am - 22 April 2022

Payments made to local communities in North Somerset to help address the pressures of housing growth have now topped £1m. 

An image to show the front covers of the two new economic prospectuses and promote the website innorthsomerset.co.uk

11:56am - 21 April 2022

North Somerset Council has launched two new brochures aimed at businesses to boost the area’s economy and support its ambitions to develop trade and industry.

hands making a heart shape with a sunset in the background

11:13am - 21 April 2022

A specialist suicide bereavement peer support group will launch in North Somerset later this year, thanks to funding from North Somerset Council.

bin man wearing orange overalls stood next to a North Somerset recycling lorry

10:44am - 20 April 2022

In a change to planned strike action, North Somerset residents are advised to continue to put out all waste containers (recycling, black bins and garden waste) as usual this week (w/c Monday 18 April).

Illustration of different people doing different types of activity outside. Text says 'North Somerset Joint health and Wellbeing Strategy 2021-2024'

9:28am - 20 April 2022

North Somerset Council’s public health team has been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards, once again demonstrating the council’s commitment to tackling health inequalities across North Somerset. 

woman wearing pink sports shoes walking

9:20am - 20 April 2022

With National Walking Month starting soon, North Somerset Council is highlighting and celebrating the many walking opportunities across the area and encouraging people to take up the challenge to ‘walk this May’.

train track

6:12pm - 19 April 2022

The Department for Transport (DfT) have today announced a further delay to consent for construction of MetroWest Phase 1.

Launch of new service 50

11:44am - 19 April 2022

Next week (Monday 25 April) sees the launch of a new bus route in Weston-super-Mare after North Somerset Council stepped in to save local services.

A photo of Portishead Lake Grounds showing the lake and children's play area

4:17pm - 14 April 2022

Plans to breathe new life into Portishead Lake Grounds have been agreed by North Somerset Council and Portishead Town Council.

The first flags made for the libraries’ memory bunting

3:03pm - 14 April 2022

What is your best memory of the last 70 years?