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FEES, PAYMENTS AND SUMS fixed and settled under Section 214 of the Local Govt. Act 1972

The fees, payments and sums set out below apply where the person to be interred or in respect of whom the right is granted, has been, or immediately before their death had been, permanently resident for at least 12 months in the village of Chalfont St Peter, or, in the case of a still-born child, where the parents (or one of them) had been so resident.

In all other cases, the exclusive right of burial will be trebled and all other fees, payments and sums will be doubled, except where the exclusive right of burial in the grave in question was acquired at the resident’s price.

MEMORIALS

In order to place a memorial on the grave, the owner of the grave must receive permission from the Parish Council and the regulatory dimensions and prices/costs are as below.

PLOTS FOR CREMATED REMAINS


Flat Stone not exceeding 18" square - £95.
 
Head Stone not exceeding 18" in height by 18" wide -£95.

Kerbstones or border stones (additional to headstone fee above) enclosing a space not exceeding 18" by 18" £95.

FULL SIZE PLOTS


Flat Stone not exceeding 2'6" square - £95.
exceeding the dimensions above but not exceeding 6'6" long by 2'6" wide -£165

Head Stone 2'6" high and 2.6" wide -£95.

Kerbstones or border stones (additional to headstone fee above) enclosing a space, on full size
plots only, exceeding 18" by 18"but not exceeding 6'6" long by 2'6" wide- £165.


CHILDREN’S SECTION

Flat Stone not exceeding 24" wide by 48" long - £95.

Head Stone not exceeding 22" high by 24" wide - £95.

Kerbstones or border stones (additional to headstone fee above) enclosing a space not exceeding 24" wide by 48" long - £95.


Kerbstones or border stones (additional to headstone fee above)

The fees indicated for the various heads of this part include the first inscription. For each additional inscription after the first, the fee for approval will be £50.

EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF BURIAL IN EARTHEN GRAVES

For the exclusive right of burial for 75 years

FULL SIZE PLOTS

(i) in an earthen grave (for a child who did not exceed the age of 12 years at the date of death - £80.

(ii) in an earthen grave approx. 8' by 4'- £270.

CREMATED REMAINS

For the exclusive right of burial of cremated remains in an earthen grave approx. 2' by 2' for 75 years - £80.

Grave Digging Fee – Double and Single depth - £300

INTERMENTS

Triple or Double.

Fees for Part l (i), (ii) & (iii) below, do not include the cost of digging the grave.

1. For the interment of Coffins

(i) of the body of a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 12 years - £200.

(ii) of the body of a child whose age at the time of death exceeded one month but did not exceed 12 years - £130.

(iii) of the body of a still-born child, or of a child whose age at the time of death did not exceed one month - No charge

CREMATED REMAINS BURIAL

2. For the interment of cremated remains in a grave in respect of which an exclusive right of burial has been granted including digging and refilling hole - £100.
3. For the interment of cremated remains other than as at 2 above, e.g. when the urn is placed at the same time as a full size burial of a coffin - £70.