Changes subject to approval by Parish Council and effective from 1/4/2024
Recommendation increase / decrease %
LAWN CEMETERY C of E PAROCHIAL FEES effective 1st January 2022 CITY COUNCIL FEES effective 2nd January 2023 2025/26
CURRENT FEES
Fees for Burials (including cost of leveling and turfing) PAYABLE AT LEAST 48 HOURS BEFORE INTERMENT TAKES PLACE
Burial of Childs Body Nil (Nil for still born or within 16 years of birth) all nil from january 2020 Nil
Burial of Body of a person (whose age at time of death exceeds 16 years) £500 (£399 +473 funeral service fee)+ (a further £228 for a service in church) + £18 admin fee £1040 UP TO £3575 (£1828 addition for non resident) £550 £50 10.00%
Burial of Cremated Remains £250 £192 + £228 funeral service fee +£18 admin fee £345 – £516 (+ 108 for non resident) £300 £50 20.00%
Burial charges will be reduced by 50% where an exclusive right of burial is purchased orhad previously been acquired.
Exclusive Right of Burial (ERoB) in earthen grave 6ft by 3ft – 75 yrs £425 N/A £1750-£3500 £475 £50 11.76%
5 year top up £117- £234
Exclusive Right of Burial (ERoB) in earthen grave 3ft by 2ft – 100 yrs (cremated remains) £285 N/A £911 (75 yrs) £325 £40 14.04%
Fees for Memorials FEES PAYABLE WITH THE APPLICATION
For the right to erect a headstone / monument £170 £167 £116 – 153 £180 £10 5.88%
Tablet, plaque or other marker (cremated remains) £80 £89 £70 £85 £5 6.25%
Small vase not exceeding 12”x8”x8” £70 £89 £68 £75 £5 7.14%
Additional inscription on existing monument £70 £35 £70 £75 £5 7.14%
Miscellaneous
Refund of Exclusive Right of Burial – admin fee £50 – – £50 £0 0.00%
Searching of Registers of Burial (including the provision of one copy of any entry therein for up to 1 hour) £50 £36 per hour + £18 per register copy £32 + £13 for certificate (£61 for transfer or assignment of ownership of ERoB) £50 £0 0.00%
Administration fee for issue of invoice if required £30 £40 £10 33.33%
Administration fee for issue of a reminder where payment not paid in timescale set out above £50 £60 £10 20.00%