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two pairs of hands holding a plant together

9:53am - 6 May 2022

Community projects which help residents of all ages across North Somerset are benefiting from more than £75,000 in funding as part of North Somerset Council’s ongoing commitment to tackling health inequalities across the area.

A rewilding champions survey session - summer 2021

2:47pm - 5 May 2022

Residents in North Somerset have the opportunity this summer to get involved in monitoring changes in biodiversity where they live.
 

A photo of the inside of a Changing Places accessible toilet

2:46pm - 5 May 2022

Installation started this week (w/c Monday 2 May) on a new accessible toilet facility at the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare.

Outside of Town Hall in Weston-super-Mare

1:46pm - 4 May 2022

Communities across North Somerset are working together to welcome and support those escaping humanitarian crises across the world.

Outside the front of the Castlewood office building in Clevedon, North Somerset

11:36am - 29 April 2022

North Somerset Council's Castlewood site at Clevedon could soon be available for redevelopment to support the town's emerging placemaking strategy, subject to a decision by councillors.

Logo for the 2021 Deaf Awareness Week

11:07am - 29 April 2022

North Somerset Council is urging Deaf and hard of hearing people to share their experiences and help make North Somerset Deaf Aware as it supports Deaf Awareness Week next week (2 – 8 May).

dog owner picking up after dog

11:10am - 28 April 2022

New orders to help tackle anti-social behaviour and make public spaces in North Somerset more welcoming have been approved.

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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.