Parish Council Burial Ground - General Policy

Hathern Parish Council Cemetery - Burial Guidelines
It is the policy of Hathern Parish Council that:

1. No memorial trees, bushes, or shrubs shall be planted, nor remain planted, in the ground, within the boundaries of the cemetery.
2. Memorial shrubs may however be placed within the confines of a burial plot subject to the provisions that:
   • They are in a free-standing container which is located on a stone/concrete slab, both container and slab being provided by the family.
   • They are pruned to a tidy state at least once per year.

3. Bulbs may be planted within the confines of each burial plot on the understanding that the surface growth may be lost when the grass is routinely cut.
4. Future burial plots shall be marked by a headstone only.
5. The marking of future burial plots by kerbstones shall not be permitted.
6. Wrapping materials, dead flowers and litter in general shall be uplifted from burial plots and their environs and placed in the appropriate containers near the cemetery gate.
7. The cost of a 6 foot by 2 foot burial plot shall be determined by Hathern Parish Council and this shall be subject to annual review.
8. No individual Parish Councillor shall give permission for any variation from this policy without the matter having been approved by majority vote at a meeting of the Parish Council in formal session.
9. The Parish Council shall review and revise these guidelines in the light of events as and when necessary and shall make public the revised version.
10. Parish Councillors shall not be held individually or collectively responsible for any litigation costs arising from the upholding of these guidelines.

Reviewed 2nd June 2008

Note - Circulation: Parish Councillors, Funeral Directors, Cemetery Maintenance Contractor, Charnwood Borough Council, Local Stonemasons, Loughborough Echo.