Decision details

To brief the Committee of the remaining provision of Bristol’s burial plots and cremated remains plots.

To invite the Committee to consider options for future provision of burials and internment of cremated remains with a view to the Committee taking a key decision on the preferred option.

That the Committee for Public Health and Communities RESOLVED (unanimously):

1.      To note the contents of the report and details provided within the appendices.

2.      To provide Officers with a preferred option to progress - option 2 as amended:

                                i.            Continue with the project but on a reduced scale – Remove Area 3 from the project – no burials within the SNCI area. Only proceed with Area 1 expansion.

The current plans require the attenuation pond to be formed within the SNCI. However, officers will prioritise investigating alternative drainage solutions that do not rely on systems running through the SNCI. They will consider all mitigation options, and no final decisions regarding drainage infrastructure will be made without thorough assessment of the environmental impact and the feasibility of alternatives.

Deliver approximately 870 standard coffin burial plots, 800 Cremated Remains Plots and 260 Baby Burial Plots in 2025. Provides forecasted provision for up to 10 years.

Additionally, set up a member task and finish group to determine the mid- and long[1]term future of Bristol’s burial provision.

3.      Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Chair of the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee to take all steps required to progress the preferred option including procuring and awarding contracts over the key decision threshold.