Loraine Patrick News Today

PLANS to install a new Greek street-food van in the town have officially been given the green light.

Controversial plans for another massive solar farm in the Stroud District have been given the go-ahead.

A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to build 26 homes has been rejected by planners amid fears over Japanese knotweed.

RESIDENTS in Dursley have welcomed government plans which could help to tackle sewage pollution in one of the town’s streams. Concerns have been raised over a number of years about sewage being released into the stream at Water Street during heavy rain. One resident, who has been looking into this for the past three years, said he has been reporting between nine and 11 pollution incidents a year to the Severn Trent water company. Dursley councillors Peter Hayes (town) and Loraine Patr...

May Lane and Hill Road in Dursley are set to benefit from a brand new road surface. The work will take place over three days between Monday, January 11 and Wednesday, January 13, from 9.30am to 3.30pm, while highways crews replace the surface. An official diversion route will be in place, which will be signposted and is suitable for all vehicles that would normally use the road. Cllr Vernon Smith, cabinet member for highways, said: “We are committed to replacing surfaces like this as ...