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Forest of Dean District Council have once again come in under budget for the second year in a row, meaning services have been delivered efficiently for local taxpayers while also managing the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic.

Energy captured from the sun will soon help power the Forest of Dean District Council’s offices in Coleford, bringing projected savings in the region of 10k in electricity costs and reducing the Council’s carbon footprint by around 20 tonnes every year.

Forest of Dean District Council has today been successful in a contempt of court application against Mr Graham Wildin for a breach of planning laws with a sentence passed by the High Court in Cardiff.

Another Forest of Dean resident is celebrating a £2,000 win on the Forest Lottery, the second win of that amount in the past month, alongside three £250 wins. 

Forest of Dean District Council are launching Facebook Live Q&A Sessions - the first broadcast will be on 22nd of June, 6pm. The first programme will be hosted by Councillor Tim Gwilliam and Head of Paid Service, Peter Williams. 

While the reopening of the economy continues, Forest of Dean District Council officers are continuing to work with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to call and visit local businesses with the team offering help and advice on the safest operating procedures.

The Forest of Dean District Council is taking action to tackle the ecological emergency by changing its current land management practices in the district as part of a pilot project that will be expanded to other areas if successful.

Details have been released for the bid for £20m to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund being pulled together by Forest of Dean District Council, Hartpury University and Hartpury College and Cinderford Town Council. 

The Forest of Dean District Council is inviting expressions of interest for the Lydney Historic Harbour Café concession.

The start of this year's Great British Spring Clean (GBSC) is only a couple of weeks away and residents in the Forest of Dean are being invited to take part to better the environment and enjoy extra health benefits.

Forest of Dean District Council, Hartpury University and Hartpury College and Cinderford Town Council are joining forces to submit an exciting bid for up to £20m to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund. If successful the bid would aim to improve leisure facilities, introduce new education opportunities, repurpose vacant buildings and grow the local economy across the Forest.

As the local elections approach on the 6 May 2021, Forest of Dean District Council is preparing to make sure all the polling stations available for those who wish to vote in person are safe and Covid secure.