Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council
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14.126 Whilst cremation is an alternative to burial (current figures suggest that around 70% of<br />
all funerals are cremations (<strong>Runnymede</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong> website), there are no<br />
crematoriums in the <strong>Borough</strong>. The nearest crematoriums are located at Hanworth,<br />
Guildford and Leatherhead. The capacity of these existing crematoriums is unknown.<br />
Local <strong>Plan</strong><br />
14.127 It is considered reasonable to assume that new development proposed under Local<br />
<strong>Plan</strong> Policy LP02 (housing provision and distribution) over the plan period will impact<br />
on the existing cemeteries in the <strong>Borough</strong> and crematoriums in the area surrounding<br />
the <strong>Borough</strong>.<br />
Future provision<br />
14.128 It is considered reasonable to assume that an increase in the population in the <strong>Borough</strong><br />
over the plan period is likely to increase demand for cemeteries in the <strong>Borough</strong> and<br />
reduce their capacity. It would be up to the <strong>Council</strong> to decide whether to extend<br />
current/provide new cemeteries.<br />
14.129 Within the <strong>Council</strong>, there is an aspiration to extend Addlestone Cemetery. Whilst the<br />
<strong>Council</strong>’s capital spending programme 2011/12 to 2015/16 budgeted £199,000 for this<br />
project in <strong>2013</strong>/14 (this money was for the laying out of a new cemetery on <strong>Council</strong><br />
owned land), at the current time all capital spending has been frozen. It is therefore<br />
unclear whether this proposal will be realised during the plan period. There is also an<br />
aspiration to extend Thorpe Cemetery or provide a new cemetery in Thorpe if additional<br />
land becomes available.<br />
14.130 If funding becomes available, the dilapidated/dangerous memorials at Egham<br />
Churchyard will also be refurbished.<br />
14.131 There are however no known plans to erect a crematorium within the <strong>Borough</strong> during<br />
the plan period.<br />
Costs and funding sources<br />
14.132 The extension to Addlestone Cemetery would be funded by <strong>Runnymede</strong> <strong>Borough</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong>. It is estimated that this would cost in the region of £200,000.<br />
14.133 It is estimated that an extension to Thorpe Cemetery or the provision of a new<br />
cemetery in Thorpe would cost in the region in £50,000 although no funds have been<br />
allocated for these works at the current time by RBC.<br />
Funding<br />
ID<br />
Description<br />
Estimated<br />
Cost<br />
Key<br />
Provider(s)<br />
IDPF158 Extension to Addlestone Cemetery £200,000 RBC<br />
IDPF159<br />
IDPF160<br />
Risk Assessment<br />
Extension of Thorpe<br />
Cemetery/provision of new cemetery<br />
in Thorpe<br />
Refurbishment of<br />
dilapidated/dangerous memorials at<br />
Egham Churchyard<br />
£50,000 RBC<br />
£4,000 RBC<br />
14.134 The main risks to this type of infrastructure are considered to be threat from<br />
development reducing the amount of available land to allow for the expansion of<br />
existing cemeteries/provision of new cemeteries in the <strong>Borough</strong>, and capacity failing to<br />
meet future requirements (whether existing cemeteries are extended, or new<br />
cemeteries are provided, or not). Whilst Addlestone and Thorpe cemeteries have<br />
limited capacity for burials over the plan period, Chertsey and Englefield Green<br />
cemeteries have capacity until beyond 2026. As such, whilst there is considered to be a<br />
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