Services

Local authorities may provide financial support to community operated burial grounds for maintenance and upkeep.

Local authorities maintain a public register of all burials in local authority burial grounds.

Local authorities may acquire land or property for development through a compulsory purchase process.

You must apply to the local authority for an exhumation licence to exhume the remains of a deceased person.

Local authorities may provide grave opening and closing services in local authority owned burial grounds.

You can buy a grave space in a local authority burial ground.

You can apply to a local authority to get a licence to erect a headstone.

Local authorities may work with individuals and groups with interests in Council-owned properties.

Local authorities may maintain a register of approved gravediggers.