Most Recent Stories in Council

· Several months ago, the Tory led North Somerset Council declared its intention to stop funding public toilets with effect from 1.4.13.   · Tories on Portishead Town Council have failed to reach a decision on how to take over responsibility for the two local public conveniences - one @ The Lake Grounds and the other @ the car park on Wyndham Way.     · At the last council...

PEOPLE in Portishead could see their council tax rise this year as North Somerset Council battles to balance the authority's books. The cashstrapped authority is considering whether to raise council tax bills by between one and two per cent for 2013-14  in a bid to raise much needed funds. The council, which is proposing a budget of £158.427 million for 2013-14, is facing making savings over £86 million during...

CASHSTRAPPED North Somerset Council faces shaving an additional £39 million off it budgets by 2018 - but admits it has yet to decide how the savings will be made. The authority has already taken extensive steps to close a £47.3 million funding gap between 2011 and 2015. But following a series of Government announcements earlier this year, the authority now expects to have to save £86.3 million by 2018 - nearly double...

Food, plastic and pieces of junk are no longer going into landfill in North Somerset as people go green. The district council says more and more residents are recycling their rubbish which is fantastic news for the environment. Last year 61.1 per cent recycled which compares with 58.7 per cent % in the same period last year. The 12 month recycling rate now stands at 60.4 per cent and makes North Somerset the second best recycling...

Concerned residents are expected to pack a special meeting to talk about plans to open additional fuel tanks at a storage depot in Portishead. The Oil and Pipelines Agency has applied to North Somerset Council for a hazardous substance consent to open additional three tanks at is fuel storage depot, which was built in the 1950s, at Redcliffe Bay. Currently there are 13 tanks on site but only five are used to store aviation fuel which is...

There's no change to recycling and waste collection days over the August bank holiday in North Somerset.  Residents are asked to continue to put out there recycling and waste on their normal collection day. Your can check your collection day at www.n-somerset.gov.uk/calendar ENDS

It is clear from the public response (over 400 petition signatures) that the provision of Primary School places in Portishead needs to be near or in the Marina/Village Quarter. NOT an increase in capacity at High Down schools.

Who allowed a hole to be dug in Portishead High Street while Wyndham Road is closed for resurfacing?

PEOPLE on low incomes across North Somerset may soon have to pay more council tax because of cuts in Government funding. North Somerset Council currently administers a scheme for the payment of council tax benefit which is fully funded by the Government and effectively reduces the amount of council tax payable by those on low incomes. However, from April 2013 the scheme is to be replaced by a cash limited grant which will be 10 to...

CASHSTRAPPED North Somerset Council has had its decision to slash youth funding across the district vindicated by a High Court judge. The application for a judicial review into the decision by the authority to slash youth service budgets from £1,142 million to just £282,736 by 2014/15 has been dismissed by the High Court. Some youth clubs across the district have seen their opening hours slashed as they battle to raise...