BANDON HILL CEMETERY JOINT COMMITTEE NOTICE

BANDON HILL CEMETERY JOINT COMMITTEE NOTICE

of intention to determine exclusive rights of burial and to remove memorials

1. BY virtue of Section 9 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1976 the Bandon Hill Cemetery Joint Committee ("the Committee") hereby proposes that the rights of interment in the following graves numbered:-



PLOT A 108 269 430 454 483 626 PLOT B 174 184 205 295 301 381 402 426 458 459 PLOT C 43 132 218 PLOT D 103 PLOT E 72 241 242 288 PLOT F 183 PLOT G 65 96 PLOT H 41 42 144 165 323 PLOT J 151 244 316 PLOT K 12b 266 358 402 431 PLOT L 20 200 285 PLOT M 19 108 110 PLOT N 32 159 188 307 346 384 PLOT O 103 119 250 270 PLOT P 94 280 302 315 PLOT Q 33 37 38 122 144 193 219 387 PLOT R 54 117 126 179 206 241 364 PLOT XA 78 98 145 166 168 186 187 188 192 PLOT XC 115 132 133 174

184 187 201 223 235 258 270 279 296 300 301 304 305 306 307 320 321 327 344 346 348 349 351 372 378 392 393 395 401 PLOT XD 78 79 81 84 85 86 96 111 116 117 118

("the Graves") be extinguished for the following reasons:-

(a) each of the above mentioned Graves contains sufficient space for not less than one further interment and the right of interment by the present owner(s) has not been exercised for 75 years or more from the date of the latest interment in the Graves OR there has been no interment in the Graves for the period of 75 years from the date of grant



(b) due to diminished space in the cemetery the Committee wishes to use the Graves for further interments



2. THE rights in the Graves will be extinguished not earlier than 6 MONTHS after the date of the later of the two published notices in a newspaper circulating in Greater London OR the date on which the Notice is first displayed at the cemetery OR the date on which the Notice is served upon the owner, whichever is the later PROVIDED THAT if the registered owner or any person who is able to satisfy the Committee that they are the owner of the Graves serves a Notice of Objection giving grounds thereof BEFORE the expiry of 6 months as specified above that such right is not to be extinguished and FURTHER PROVIDED that the Notice of Objection has not been withdrawn then such rights will not be extinguished without the consent of the Secretary of State for the Environment



3. IF any person claiming to be the owner of the graves fails to satisfy the Committee that they are the owner then the matter may be determined on the application of either party to the Registrar of the consistory court of the diocese who shall make an order confirming whether or not the claimant is the owner of such right and as to the payment of the costs of the application



4. ANY claim for compensation by the registered owner or person satisfying the Committee that they are the owner must be made within 6 MONTHS from the extinguishment of the right. ANY compensation payable shall be a sum representing the value of the right as may be agreed between the registered owner and the Committee or failing agreement determined by arbitration NOTICE is hereby further given in pursuance of the powers contained in Article 16(2) and Schedule 3 of the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977 that the Committee intends to carry out at its own expense in those graves listed in section 1 above



ANY claim for compensation by the registered owner or person satisfying the Committee that they are the owner must be made within 6 MONTHS from the extinguishment of the right. ANY compensation payable shall be a sum representing the value of the right as may be agreed between the registered owner and the Committee or failing agreement determined by arbitration NOTICE is hereby further given in pursuance of the powers contained in Article 16(2) and Schedule 3 of the Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977 that the Committee intends to carry out at its own expense in those graves listed in section 1 above

the following works:- (a) Removal of headstone/cross/tablet

(b) Removal of kerbstones surrounding graves



(c) Removal of spar/chippings and associated foundations



Full particulars of the proposals and the reasons therefore can be obtained from the cemetery superintendent at Bandon Hill Cemetery, Cheam Park Depot, Tudor Close, Cheam, Surrey SM3 8QS Telephone 020 3876 8806

NOTICE is hereby further given that it is the intention of the Committee to begin to carry out the proposals on or after the

1st FEBRUARY 2020 Notice of objection to the execution of such works shall be given in writing stating the grounds thereof and the number of the grave to which the objection relates and should be delivered to the undersigned before the

31st JANUARY 2020 If notice of objection to a proposal and of the ground thereof is given before the above date the proposal to which the objection relates will NOT be carried out without the consent of the Secretary of State for the Environment unless the notice is withdrawn

Dated this 31st July 2019

Cathy Hayward

Clerk and Registrar to the Bandon Hill Cemetery Joint Committee