Bin collection petition runs alongside a cross-council week of public meetings
Council papers show Bristol’s Area Committee 4 meeting on 21 September is linked to an ePetition against three-weekly bin collections, while Somerset and Cheltenham committees meet the same day and a Bristol forum follows later in the week.
Council papers published for Monday 21 September 2026 show a cluster of public meetings across Bristol, Somerset and Cheltenham. Bristol City Council's Area Committee 4, covering Central, Ashley, Lawrence Hill and Easton, is scheduled for 5.30pm [1]. Somerset Council's Scrutiny Committee - Children and Education is listed for 2pm [2], and Cheltenham Borough Council's Licensing Sub Committee - Alcohol and Gambling is listed for 6pm [3].
In Bristol, the Area Committee 4 meeting has an ePetition in its issue history titled 'Do not change bin collections to every three weeks', open from 19 September 2026 to 15 January 2027 [5]. A supplementary agenda for a separate Bristol City Council meeting, Area Committee 2, on Wednesday 23 September includes an item for the Public Forum [6].
Later in the week, the Bristol & Avon Family History Society is holding a talk on 28 September about prison, criminal and court records, including the differences between Petty Sessions, Quarter Sessions and Assize Courts [4].
Sources
- Bristol City Council meetings and papers: Meeting scheduled: Monday, 21st September, 2026 5.30 pm, Area Committee 4: Central, Ashley, Lawrence Hill, and Easton
- Somerset Council meetings and papers: Meeting scheduled: Monday, 21st September, 2026 2.00 pm, Scrutiny Committee - Children and Education
- Cheltenham Borough Council meetings and papers: Meeting scheduled: Monday, 21st September, 2026 6.00 pm, Licensing Sub Committee-Alcohol and Gambling
- Bristol & Avon Family History Society: Crime on Record
- Bristol City Council meetings and papers: ePetition: Do not change bin collections to every three weeks (Sep 19 2026 - Jan 15 2027)
- Bristol City Council meetings and papers: Agenda supplement published - Supplementary Dispatch - Agenda Item 4 (Public Forum) : Meeting of Wednesday, 23rd September, 2026 5.30 pm, Area Committee 2: Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym and Henleaze, Redland, Bishopston, and Ashley Down
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