Cheam - Extinguishment of Burial Rights & Removal of Memorials

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 52 261 411 484 514 540 573 582 654 PLOT B 69 140 143 164 258 PLOT C 20 106 165 170 222 447 499 PLOT D 32 PLOT E 177 221 PLOT F 169 293 PLOT G 23 25 132 172 197 212 PLOT H 97 153 189 291 PLOT I 99 PLOT J 221 263 381 400 411 PLOT K 153 PLOT L 188 272 401 469 PLOT N 14 157 169 208 355 PLOT O 86 99 153 213 241 292 345 368 PLOT P 103 177 385 PLOT Q 194 218 262 366 396 453 503 557 559 PLOT R 35 164 232 249 292 473 513 553 574 589 626 640 PLOT XA 312 314 321 324 328 343 344 PLOT XB 112 113 119 122 125 126 131 134 136 167 178 205 223 325 332 357 PLOT XC 225 226 331 355 373 379 PLOT XD 42 44 48 67 133 259 393 440

("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above that such right is not to be extinguished and FURTHER PROVIDED that the Notice of Objection has not been withdrawn then such rights will not be extinguished without the consent of the Secretary of State for the Environment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 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 2027 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 2027 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 2026

Bandon Hill Cemetery Joint Committee Board