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HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
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02-01-2015 02:24 PM

In true doublespeak fashion Southwark use two words on the last page which are completely absent from what is actually happening - "sustainable" and "strategy".

You don't need to be an urban planner with twenty years' experience to know that there simply isn't enough land left to allow urban burials to continue.

The problem is that policy for these sites is set by the Southwark councillors and they are terrified of losing votes with those Southwark residents who are still in favour or burial.

So, every few years, they now have to run around looking for another temporary fix. In the meantime it is a simple choice; reduce amenity for (mainly) Lewisham residents or lose votes.

The continued use of urban open space for burial is also another classic example of intergenerational unfairness with the old (by which I mean the relatives of the deceased) depriving the young of amenity space.

PS Local councils are under no statutory obligation to provide burial spaces.

PPS Southwark is controlled by the Labour Party

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RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 13-02-2011, 04:14 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Satchers - 13-02-2011, 10:15 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 15-02-2011, 12:21 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Perryman - 15-02-2011, 06:09 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 15-02-2011, 07:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 15-02-2011, 09:39 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 15-02-2011, 09:45 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 15-02-2011, 10:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 15-02-2011, 10:09 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 16-02-2011, 12:50 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 16-02-2011, 01:24 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 16-02-2011, 05:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 16-02-2011, 08:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 16-02-2011, 09:03 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Satchers - 16-02-2011, 09:26 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 16-02-2011, 11:13 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 17-02-2011, 12:16 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Jane_D - 17-02-2011, 12:48 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 17-02-2011, 03:05 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 18-02-2011, 01:26 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 18-02-2011, 01:49 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 19-02-2011, 10:39 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - sandy - 19-02-2011, 10:57 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 19-02-2011, 11:21 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 19-02-2011, 05:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-02-2011, 05:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-02-2011, 05:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - dbboy - 20-02-2011, 05:59 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 20-02-2011, 07:48 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 21-02-2011, 10:03 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-02-2011, 02:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mrcee - 21-02-2011, 04:11 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Perryman - 21-02-2011, 06:43 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-02-2011, 06:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 21-02-2011, 08:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - jollyrog - 21-02-2011, 09:18 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - john-f - 22-02-2011, 07:29 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 22-02-2011, 01:31 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 22-02-2011, 04:55 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 22-02-2011, 11:38 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 23-02-2011, 10:19 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 25-02-2011, 05:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Tezzyd - 02-03-2011, 08:27 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 02-03-2011, 09:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 03-03-2011, 01:30 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 03-03-2011, 06:36 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 01:08 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 01:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Oggie - 07-03-2011, 04:35 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 04:39 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - 152047 - 07-03-2011, 04:59 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 05:01 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Save HOP - 07-03-2011, 06:33 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 07-03-2011, 07:33 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 12-03-2011, 04:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 14-03-2011, 08:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 17-04-2011, 09:36 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 26-04-2011, 09:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 03-05-2011, 01:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 14-05-2011, 11:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 16-05-2011, 11:32 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 01:19 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 06:01 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 06:40 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 08:16 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 09:49 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 10:03 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-07-2011, 09:21 AM
RE: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery? - 152047 - 02-01-2015 02:24 PM
Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 14-09-2011, 12:18 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 14-09-2011, 02:05 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - 152047 - 16-09-2011, 01:03 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - ruthb - 16-09-2011, 05:07 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 17-09-2011, 08:19 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 20-09-2011, 08:57 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - roz - 21-09-2011, 09:48 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 08:52 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - WBD - 22-09-2011, 12:45 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - WBD - 22-09-2011, 03:56 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 04:06 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 04:19 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 22-09-2011, 04:41 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 23-09-2011, 08:31 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 23-09-2011, 01:00 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - roz - 26-09-2011, 07:09 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - michael - 26-09-2011, 08:44 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 26-09-2011, 09:39 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - ruthb - 29-09-2011, 07:17 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - mel - 29-09-2011, 11:25 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 16-10-2011, 07:16 PM