A PACKED council chamber last night saw Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee narrowly approve plans by Westerleigh to build a crematorium and cemetery at Catfoot Lane Lambley. The same meeting denied permission to rival operator AW Lymn. In reaching these…
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Gedling denies crematorium conspiracy (2nd update)
GEDLING Borough Council has issued a statement this afternoon denying any conspiracy over comments left on dumbles.co.uk. As we reported yesterday, this website received a series of comments on a story about a proposed crematorium and cemetery at Catfoot Lane Lambley.…
Gedling council network used in attempt to influence planning decision
THIS week’s controversial planning committee meeting at Gedling Borough Council has taken a new twist with the release of information from dumbles.co.uk which reveals attempts from within the council’s offices to influence opinion. This website has covered the proposed crematorium…
Crematorium wins planning recommendation
ONE OF the proposed crematoriums on Catfoot Lane, Lambley, has been recommended for planning approval by Gedling Borough Council’s planning officer Nick Morley. The application by Westerleigh, for a crematorium and cemetery on ‘land north of the Lighthouse, Catfoot Lane’,…
Crematorium protestors to launch fighting fund
CAMPAIGNERS against plans to develop two crematoria on Catfoot Lane in Lambley will deliver pro-forma letters to every address in the village, in order to have as many letters of objection as possible sent to the planning committee. A meeting of…
Second cemetery proposed for Catfoot Lane
LAMBLEY residents currently organising plans to resist a proposed cemetery and crematorium on Catfoot Lane have learned of a second planning application for a cemetery on the road. The first application is by Westerleigh Group, and is listed by Gedling…
Village opposes crematorium plan
A PUBLIC meeting held in Lambley last night, Wednesday 27 June 2012, voted unanimously to oppose plans to build a crematorium and cemetery on Catfoot Lane. With well over 100 people attending, the village hall was close to maximum capacity…
Crematorium protest gets under way
OPPONENTS of the proposal to build a crematorium and cemetery at Catfoot Lane, Lambley, have mobilised resources in a bid to prevent the scheme winning planning permission. The Catfoot Crematorium Opposition Group has launched its own website at http://www.lambleyprotest.co.uk/ and an…
Clarification on crematorium planning
FOLLOWING our reports on dumbles.co.uk about the proposed crematorium on Catfoot Lane, Lambley, we have been contacted by a planning consultant for Westerleigh. Matt Hubbard, principal planner at Basford-based town planning and development consultant Antony Aspbury Associates, tells us that…
Crematorium plan attracts opposition
PROPOSALS to build a crematorium on Catfoot Lane in Lambley were met with almost universal disapproval at a public exhibition held yesterday. Cemetery developer Westerleigh held the exhibition at Mellish rugby club, distributing leaflets and showing how its plans would…