Residents urged to have their say on Council budget proposals
Forest of Dean District Council invites residents and businesses to give their views on its spending plans as it prepares its budget for the next financial year, with a consultation beginning 20 December 2024 and running until 17 January 2025.
Shop local, support local this festive season
Forest of Dean District Council is working alongside local businesses to encourage residents to ‘Shop Local’ this festive season to help the local economy and Forest of Dean communities to thrive.
Coleford residents prosecuted for cutting down oak tree
On Monday, 28 October 2024, at Cheltenham Magistrates Court, Mr and Mrs Phipps of The Paddocks, Coleford, pleaded guilty to felling a protected oak tree without consent from Forest of Dean District Council.
Decorated pumpkins could reduce horrifying Halloween food waste
With millions expected to be thrown away in the UK at Halloween, Forest of Dean District Council is encouraging revellers to makeover, rather than carve, their festive pumpkins and squashes to preserve them in a bid to reduce food waste.
Renewable energy training given the green light
Forest of Dean District Council has granted South Gloucestershire and Stroud College £39,453 of the council’s Shared Prosperity funding to deliver training on green skills and renewable technologies, with the first of three courses due to start in November 2024.
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Residents urged to have their say on Council budget proposals
Forest of Dean District Council invites residents and businesses to give their views on its spending plans as it prepares its budget for the next financial year, with a consultation beginning 20 December 2024 and running until 17 January 2025.
Council agrees Council Tax support scheme for residents
Following consultation with residents, Forest of Dean District Council has agreed to increase the band widths for Council Tax Support eligibility, in line with inflation, following the Chancellor's 2024 Autumn Budget Statement and reintroduce a Second Adult Rebate discount for next year's Council Tax Support scheme.
Forest of Dean District Council agrees to additional tax on second homes
District Councillors have agreed to proposals which will see an increase in Council Tax payments on empty and second homes, with the aim of increasing the number of homes available for local people in the area.