Section 239: Use and development of burial grounds.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 · 1990 c. 8View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IX: Acquisition and Appropriation of Land for Planning Purposes, etc.

Notwithstanding anything in any enactment relating to burial grounds or any obligation or restriction imposed under ecclesiastical law or otherwise in respect of them, any land consisting of a burial ground or part of a burial ground, which has been the subject of a relevant acquisition or appropriation, may—

if it has been acquired by a Minister, be used in any manner by him or on his behalf for any purpose for which he acquired the land; and
in any other case, be used by any person in any manner in accordance with planning permission.

This section does not apply to land which has been used for the burial of the dead until the prescribed requirements with respect to the removal and reinterment of human remains, and the disposal of monuments, in or upon the land have been complied with.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising any act or omission on the part of any person which is actionable at the suit of any person on any grounds other than contravention of any such enactment, obligation or restriction as is mentioned in subsection (1).

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