Agenda item

Report attached.

Cabinet:

1.     Agreed to proceed with Option 4 as outlined within the report to further develop the site (Phases 2&3) at Upminster to provide sufficient land for burials until approximately 2040.

2.     Agreed, subject to 1 above, to endorse and recommend the inclusion of an additional budget of £3.1m for the Phase 2 and 3 Cemetery Extension within the proposed capital programme that will be considered in Cabinet in February 2020.

Cabinet members noted that approximately 300 burials are made in Havering Cemeteries each year and this includes both new and existing graves. Members were notified that at the current burial rate, Upminster Cemetery has sufficient space to last until approximately June 2023.

Phase 1 of the project to extend Upminster Cemetery was completed in 2014 and it was planned to extend the Cemetery further. It is recommended that detailed designs for Phases 2 & 3 are created.

Cabinet:

1.    Agreed to proceed with Option 4 as outlined within the report to further develop the site (Phases 2&3) at Upminster to provide sufficient land for burials until approximately 2040.

2.    Agreed, subject to 1 above, to endorse and recommend the inclusion of an additional budget of £3.1m for the Phase 2 and 3 Cemetery Extension within the proposed capital programme that will be considered in Cabinet in February 2020.