Council moves to reassure residents over plans for 7,000-site cemetery in Pendle
Households and people with gardens and allotments around land earmarked as a potential new cemetery in Pendle have been assured their concerns will be listened to and public consultation will take place, if the land is bought and then developed for burials.
However, overall, the committee agreed four recommendations to take the cemetery project to the next phases, which will include submitting a bid to the borough’s capital funding programme for large projects. That bid would have to be approved before the land can be bought. While councillors acknowledged their concerns, some said cemetery options had been discussed in public at previous Pendle Council meetings. This included a previously well-attended meeting at Nelson Town Hall in March.Resident Elaine Green said: “I live nearby and the fields come up to my garden wall. We are all very strongly opposed to this plan, which we have never been consulted upon.
He then emphasised: “Lancashire County Council will sell this land. They have been clear about that. If Pendle Council does not buy it, the land will be put on the open market for any buyer.” “This is a large site and a long-term solution. This would take our provision from just over 1,200 currently to over 8,000 places. We have a duty to provide burial places while being sensitive to residents.”
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