App 3 - CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2025-2030
Argyll and Bute Council · 19 December 2024
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APPENDIX 3 ARGYLL and BUTE COUNCIL CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2025-2030 EDI – 19th Dec 2024 DISTRI CT CEMETER Y DEVELOPMENT WORK CONTENT WORKS DURATI ON ESTIMAT ED VALUE Kintyre Campbelto wn Kilkerran - North Extension Purchase land - Boundary fence - Form new vehicular access and parking area. Initial ph1 roads , footpaths and headstone foundations (500 lairs) – Of 2,000 potential 2025 - 2028 £250,000 Mid- Argyll Achnabrea c- Lochgilphe ad Maximise Lairs through excavation , removal/treatment of rock outcrops, reinstatement to existing levels. 2025 - 2026 £50,000 Mull Calgary - Extension Complete land transfer - Boundary fence - form embankment using existing land to maximise depth. Ph1 parking , footpaths and headstone foundations (50 lairs) 2025 - 2026 £30,000 Cowal Sandbank extension Torlochan Phase 1 Clear and re-level site - Boundary fencing - Form access link roads between existing cemetery and Gochan access road. Form footpaths and headstone foundations, expand parking. ( ph1 - 2 200 - 450 lairs ) 2025 - 2027 £150,000 Cowal Strachur New Cemetery site required Confirm a suitable site - purchase land - develop area for local requirements only - access road / parking , footpaths and headstone foundations ( ~200 lairs tbc) 2025- 2028 £75,000 Bute Kingarth - Second extension Test land for suitability - purchase area - Boundary Fence - develop links to existing - Footpaths / Headstone foundations. (~500 Lairs for similar area as PH1 ext) 2025 - 2027 £50,000 REVISED BUDGET REQUIREMENT 2025 - 2030 £605,000 Note :- The Priority Investment Plan (PIP) for Amenity Assets 2025-26 indicates Cemetery Development as PRIORITY 1 within the top three asset development
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requirements. A funding package of £605K is indicated against this priority line. The current Capital Budget Programme Monitoring for 2024-25, has a value of £721k against Environmental Projects , the bulk of which is expected to be used to fund the 3-5 year cemetery development programme.