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Plans to future-proof the A38 Lime Kiln roundabout on Bristol’s outskirts have been officially given the go ahead.

There’s still time to register for Solar Together, an innovative solar panel group-buying scheme that helps North Somerset residents and small businesses generate their own clean, local, renewable energy.

North Somerset Council has organised a free work and money event to offer essential support for anyone who has concerns about finances or difficulty navigating career and training options. 

The council is updating its draft Local Plan to identify potential new locations for development in North Somerset, to help meet the government’s new higher housing target for the district of 23,805 new homes over 15 years. 

People living in North Somerset are being invited to take control of their health in time for winter by attending a free event organised by North Somerset Council.

Winterstoke Hundred Academy pupils marked the start of the new school year with a special event to celebrate the award-winning facilities at their recently opened school expansion. 

North Somerset Council will be running a free training course next month, offering local mums the chance to become breastfeeding peer supporters and help other families.

Work to review a travel scheme in North Somerset has completed after a decision to pause the programme earlier this year.  

Work to create a new 20mph zone in Hutton will begin on Monday (23 September).

The support given to children and parents by North Somerset Council and Sirona care & health’s public health nursing and children’s centres has once again received a prestigious, national award.

North Somerset Council have entered into a new contract to deliver the Banwell bypass with Galliford Try. 

Progress on North Somerset Council’s multi-million pound placemaking and regeneration programme in Weston-super-Mare is set to be discussed at September’s full Council meeting.

Exploring a potential devolution deal in partnership with the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority is set to be discussed by North Somerset Council’s Executive on 17 September. 

Councillors will meet next week (17 September) to discuss the immediate financial challenges faced by North Somerset Council and the work under way to enable the organisation to balance its budget at the end of the year. They will also discuss the growing pressures for the years ahead as demand for services continues to increase.

 

North Somerset Council is urgently looking for volunteer mentors who can help make a difference and support vulnerable children and young people in North Somerset.