Agenda item

Southwark Cemeteries Strategy

The link below will give you access to the papers that went to Cabinet on the 19th June 2012 regarding the Future of Cemeteries Service.

 

http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=21262#mgDocuments

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

1. That the cabinet should support the development of D1, Z and B but freeze all other development until a full report on reuse throughout both cemeteries is reviewed by the Cabinet, ideally by January 2016.

 

2. That Honor Oak Rec, site H1 (and the land between H1 and Z), and sites J, K and L are removed from the strategy and are maintained and improved as a recreation ground and play area (in the case of Honor Oak Rec), as a meadow in the case of H1 (and the land between H1 and Z) and as a woodland (in the case of J, K and L).

 

3. That the use of site D1 be conditioned so that only small flat markers can be used and the area maintained as a meadow.

 

4. That the use of site Z be conditioned so that only small flat markers can be used and the area be maintained as a meadow.

 

5. That the council engage stakeholders about the future of retaining or not retaining the internal fence at site Z once works are complete (if planning is granted).

 

6. That designers look again at the new footpath proposed at site D1 to see whether sections can be narrowed to prevent tree loss.

 

7. That a timeframe for site B is made clear to stakeholders.

 

8. That the council swiftly support the emerging Friends of Camberwell Old and New Cemeteries so that they become a properly constituted ‘friends’ group.

 

9. That the council retain the stakeholders group meeting for as long as the interested parties wish for it to continue.