Special Protection Areas: Cemeteries

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Special Protection Zone regulations on the ability of small towns to establish new burial grounds; and what assessmen

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1. 23 June 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Special Protection Zone regulations on the ability of small towns to establish new burial grounds; and what assessmen

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2. 30 June 2025

   Answer

   Source Protection Zones are sensitive areas because the underlying groundwater contributes towards public drinking water supplies. To protect those supplies from pollution, unless exempt, new cemeteries must operate under an environmental permit and the E...

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