Councillors say land at Whitby Golf club would make a better site than a proposed location on Larpool lane.
Plans for a new cemetery in Whitby need further investigation according to a number of borough councillors.
Scarborough Borough Councils' Lives and Homes Committee is to ask the cabinet to think again about land use in Whitby
They say a site put forward for use as a cemetery on Larpool lane is not suitable and that land at the golf course earmarked for housing should be used instead.
Councillor Bill Chatt says the Larpool lane site isn't right.
The land on Larpool lane is a disused football pitch, which councillors say is still used as open space by local people.
Whitby Cllr Alf Abbott said :
“That area now is more important for the recreation of the east side of Whitby than it was 10 years ago.”
He said that the residents on the east side of town had a “virtually nil” amount of green space near their homes.
Cllr Abbott added:
“The residents on the east side have a right to green space and if that is the only a little bit left then they deserve that.”
He said that the council should instead look to use land next to Whitby Golf Club as a new cemetery.
Resident Robert Stevens also told councillors that the golf club land should be considered.
Another resident, Stephen Hinchliffe, said the roads around Larpool Lane were a “traffic trap” where divers were “taking their lives in their hands” trying to get out of junctions.
Whitby councillor Glenn Goodberry also thinks the Larpool lane is not a good location.
A report prepared for the councillors noted that the council’s current cemetery sites at Larpool (Whitby) and Woodlands (Scarborough) will reach capacity in the four years time.
The Lawns cemetery in Filey will be full in around eight years time.
The council’s cabinet are due to be asked when it meets next month to send the cemetery proposals out to public consultation.
The overview and scrutiny committee voted to ask the cabinet to not move forward with the Larpool Lane site and instead look at the land at the golf club.
Earlier this year the golf club site favoured by the committee was included in a joint venture created by the council to provide affordable housing across the borough.
Committee Chair, Councillor David Jeffels shares the concerns about access to the site, he says the narrow road and volume of traffic could cause practical problems for families attending burials.
The committee supported in principle two pieces of land next to the existing cemeteries in Scarborough and Filey to be used to provide more burial space.
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