Jan 17th 2024
Mar 20th
Planning applications to 20th March 2024
24/P/00061 Maple Mead, Summers Lane, Hurtmore
Conversion of detached outbuilding from garage and annexe to ancillary habitable accommodation (contrary to Condition 3 of planning permission 89/P/00612)
24/P/00152 Bavins, Mark Way
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development to establish whether the building works for a ground and first floor infill extensions were substantially completed more than 4 years before the date of this application.
24/P/00276 Jasmine Cottage, The Street
Construction of a double garage following demolition of an existing single garage
Finances
Parish Clerk Joanna Cadman
joanna.cadman@compton-pc.gov.uk
07711 566 458
Watts Chapel & Cemetery
Compton Parish Council has a new cemetery website. Every grave has been logged and plotted on a map of the site which you can find at https://www.comptoncemetery.com/
Watts Chapel & Cemetery
Compton Parish Council owns Watts Chapel and Cemetery. Watts Gallery Trust agreed to take on the long-term management of the Chapel and Cemetery, the Parish Council remains the Burial Authority and requests for burial information should be directed to the Parish Council Clerk, Joanna Cadman - telephone 07711 566458
At present, only those living in Compton at the time of their death are eligible to be buried in a new grave, unless they previously purchased a plot whilst living in the parish.
Only residents of Compton are eligible to purchase a plot. Applicants from outside the parish may have their ashes interred in an existing family grave (or if the grave is a double one, a spouse living outside the parish may be interred).
Ashes may be scattered, in the ash scattering area near zone 5, by any applicant, upon payment of a fee.
Applications from outside the Parish can be considered on a case by case basis by the Cemetery Committee / Parish Council.
The cemetery has been awarded a Grade II listing by English Heritage and the Chapel has long been Grade I. To retain the exceptionally high quality expected of a cemetery of this standing, regulations must be adhered to and may be different from other cemeteries.
Past curator Richard Jefferies took a friend of his, who loathed Victoriana, to visit the Chapel. His reaction was telling as the beauty and atmosphere of the interior brought his friend to a sudden halt. He said, 'Good heavens, I think this really transcends questions of mere taste, does it not?'
The Watts Cemetery and Chapel have been the subject of numerous videos on YouTube. Here is a small selection of the most recent.