Planning committee date for Castle Eden crematorium

We have received notification from the strategic planning team at county hall that Dignity plc's resubmitted plans to construct a crematorium on land to the north of the former Castle Eden Brewery site, and adjacent to the Castle Eden Golf Club course, will be put before members of the countywide planning committee next Tuesday for a decision.

The former Castle Eden Brewery site

Along with village residents, local businesses and members of Castle Eden Parish Council we have campaigned against this development for well over two years and twice we have seen off the developers' proposals, once at the county council's planning committee and subsequently on appeal by the planning inspector (please see posts dated Thursday 5 February 2015 & Sunday 20 June 2015 for background information and links to our campaign activity).

We will meet up again with objectors later this week to discuss the implications of this recent application and also to decide which issues we will focus on at the planning committee to once again defeat this unwanted and potentially dangerous development.