Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62063
Special Protection Areas: Cemeteries
Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025
Question
Dr Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Special Protection Zone regulations on the ability of small towns to establish new burial grounds; and what assessmen
Answer
Emma HardySource Protection Zones are sensitive areas because the underlying groundwater contributes towards public drinking water supplies. To protect those supplies from pollution, unless exempt, new cemeteries must operate under an environmental permit and the E...
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