Policy information sourced from the Croydon Local Plan
DM22: Providing for Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
The Council will support applications for new cemeteries and burial grounds where the proposals:
- Have good means of access from roads and are near bus routes or other transport nodes;
- Are located in areas of with no risk of flooding from all potential sources of flooding;
- Are not located in a Groundwater Source Protection Zone;
- Would not have unacceptable adverse impact on the biodiversity of the borough; and
- Are not located in Metropolitan Green Belt or on Metropolitan Open Land, unless it has been demonstrated that there are no suitable sites that are not in Metropolitan Green Belt or on Metropolitan Open Land, there is no impact on openness and existing provision of public access is maintained.
For more information please see the Local Plan