5:40pm Wednesday 10th March 2010
By Naomi Loomes
A new green graveyard will be created because of the popularity of woodland burials in Brighton and Hove.
Bosses at Brighton and Hove City Council are proposing to transform a plot of land called Warren Plantation in Warren Road, Woodingdean, after it was revealed there are no spaces left at the original woodland burial site in the city.
A woodland burial ground is managed to benefit wildlife.
Only two grass mowings are carried out each year in order to promote various kinds of wild flowers and no horticultural chemicals are used to control weeds and grass.
Trees are used instead of headstones to be a living memorial and offer greater longevity.
Council papers have revealed that a new woodland burial space is in 'high demand' because the original Bear Road site is full and the temporary site at Hove Cemetery is filling up fast.
The council will need to gain permission from its planning committee for 'change of use' from agriculture to woodland burial.
A decision is expected in mid May.
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