Cllr Roger Rigby has rejected the Council’s conclusion following a review that parking at the Norse Road Crematorium is suitable to meet the needs of mourners.

The Council’s Environment Committee is to investigate at its meeting on Thursday (9th July) anecdotal reports of a shortage of car parking spaces. 

Committee member Cllr Rigby said:

‘I do not agree with the verdict of the Council.  I sadly have had in recent years to attend funerals and cremations there and more often than not after driving around and around the parking area looking for space I have parked on grass verges, sometimes very muddy. 

‘The growing popularity of cremation means back to back services and pressure on the car park that was not envisaged.  Parking on the busy Norse Road is not an option, so what is needed is more properly constructed, all-weather parking.  We have to remember that many mourners are elderly and we need more tarmac parking as close to the entrance as possible.’