Planning consideration

Cemetery

A cemetery provided and maintained by a burial authority

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• Design stage: Co-design
• Tags:
  • local plan
  • constraint
  • amenity

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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Every 6 months
• Useful links: No useful links added
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Cemetery' data?

  Identified by the Geospatial Commission as a national dataset to make data easier to find for the sector.

• What is the driver for the request?

  Other

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

  • Modern planning software
  • Faster local plans

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• What is the 'Cemetery' consideration?

  An area of ground in which dead bodies are buried, covered by Local Green Space protections.

• Is there legislation that defines 'Cemetery'?

  Yes

  • What is the legislation that defines 'Cemetery'?

    The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977, Article 2 - "“cemetery” means a cemetery provided and maintained by a burial authority;"

  • What is the specific part of the legislation that describes how a 'Cemetery' gets designated?

  • What is the specific part of the legislation that requires the publication of 'Cemetery'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Cemetery'?

  "Subject to the provisions of this order, a burial authority may do all such things as they consider necessary or desirable for the proper management, regulation and control of a cemetery." - The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order, Article 3

  The Burial Authority, which "means the council of a district, London borough, parish, or community, the Common Council of the City of London, the parish meeting of a parish having no parish council, whether separate or common, or a joint board established under section 6 of the Public Health Act 1936 or by or under any local Act for the provision and maintenance of cemeteries;" - The Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977, Article 2

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Local authorities

• Is the Cemetery a trigger?

  No

• Is the Cemetery something to consult during plan making?

  Yes

  • Provide information about when Cemetery is used during plan making

    LPAs are required to ensure there is sufficient provision to meet future demand. When planning for growth, they will be required to ensure that there is sufficient land available to meet this future demand.

• Is there any Cemetery data already available?

  Yes

  • What Cemetery data is currently available?

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      • url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-open-greenspace#overview
      • name: OS Open Greenspace
      • fields: id;function;distinctiveName1;distinctiveName2;distinctiveName3;distinctiveName4;geometry
      • licence: OpenData - Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Ordnance Survey
      • attribution: n/a
      • metadata_url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/tech-spec/os-open-greenspace-technical-specification.pdf

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes, the data already exists nationally and openly. It would however be useful to know how they collated this data, as we would expect it to be held by the Burial Authority.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Cemetery?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Who are the statutory consultees for Cemetery?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Cemetery? How do we expect them to use Cemetery?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

  LPAs are required to ensure there is sufficient provision to meet future demand. When planning for growth, they will be required to ensure that there is sufficient land available to meet this future demand.

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Cemetery data?

• What are some potential uses of Cemetery data?

• What's the value of adding Cemetery data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Cemetery data available?

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3 updates

• Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (05 September 2024)

  As per the product overview for the national dataset published by Ordnance Survey, the data for this consideration will be updated as part of OS Open Greenspace every six months.

• Kieran Wint (04 September 2024)

  This data is currently nationally available as per the OS Open Greenspace dataset, which we will look to use initially.

  However, as a result of our research on open space typologies we will eventually look to collect this data from LPAs individually, with it encapsulating 'churchyards and other burial grounds.'

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Last updated: 2024-09-26 09:48:40