Canterbury City Council has granted permission to Westerleigh Group to erect a new crematorium, incorporating a 98-seat chapel and waiting room, on a 14-acre plot of farmland off Bullockstone Road in Herne Bay.
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DHA successfully argued that 89,000 residents north of the Canterbury district, around Herne Bay and Whitstable, are not served by a crematorium within the ideal 30-minute cortege drive time.
The scheme includes a chapel building set within memorial grounds, which will deliver enhancements to ecology across the site, which sits in an area of high landscape value.
The site, which includes an 85-bay car park, will enable Westerleigh to add to its network of 34 crematoria nationwide.
People who worked on this project
Alex has worked at DHA for over 15 years and became Managing Director in 2016. As well as the day to day running of the business, Alex remains passionate about planning and development and enjoys getting out and about meeting clients and discussing the various options how DHA can maximise the value of their land.
Alex joined DHA from Kent County Council in 2018 having worked on a number of Nationally Strategic infrastructure Projects, Regulation 3 developments (e.g. schools) and minerals and waste planning and policy. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Geography from the University of Southampton and an MA in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Westminster, which was sponsored by DHA.
David is a Director at DHA, and works on a number of high profile, large scale projects.
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