If you own land, outright can you be buried on it ?

[stuttgartmetal]

Without being macabre, what's the legality of burying the dead on land you own?
I've never heard of it, so can you really do whatever you like?

[RobDickinson]

stuttgartmetal said:

Without being macabre, what's the legality of burying the dead on land you own?
I've never heard of it, so can you really do whatever you like?

Pretty sure if you are dead you cant own land.

[stuttgartmetal]

Can I bury a body, with a gravestone n all that in my garden ?

[Monkeylegend]

Yes you can, I have got 2 cats and a dog buried in mine.

[Gareth79]

Yes, I recall there are very few (if any restrictions) on private burials, all that is needed is permission of the landowner. I guess if you want to be buried on your own land then the person who it passes to will need to give permission.

[anonymous-user]

It's possible but you need permission.
I think from the council.

[Impasse]

You'll need a hole too.

Which could be applicable to many of life's problems.

[Condi]

desolate said:

It's possible but you need permission.
I think from the council.

This.

Has to be registered.

[Corpulent Tosser]

It might make subsequent sales of the property a bit of a problem, but if you are dead you probably wouldn't care much about that.

[shindha]

Under the patio??

[essayer]

Alan Clark the MP was buried in the grounds of his castle

[ril7979]

I've arranged this for 4 families in the past, there was a lot of paperwork to do with planning and environment but this is not required any more. The only advise given is to be 100m away from any water source. The grave should have its own access so normally a corner section is used with its own "gate" so the rest of the land could be sold at a future date. I have pre-dug a grave in a lady's garden ready for when she dies, I told her this will devalue her house but she i leaving it to charity and doesn't care.

[Dogwatch]

ril7979 said:

I've arranged this for 4 families in the past, there was a lot of paperwork to do with planning and environment but this is not required any more. The only advise given is to be 100m away from any water source. The grave should have its own access so normally a corner section is used with its own "gate" so the rest of the land could be sold at a future date. I have pre-dug a grave in a lady's garden ready for when she dies, I told her this will devalue her house but she i leaving it to charity and doesn't care.

Not sure I really fancy looking at a hole in the garden and thinking "that's for me".

[xRIEx]

essayer said:

Alan Clark the MP was buried in the grounds of his castle

Those expenses claims were bloody ludicrous.

[Guvernator]

You don't actually own any land "outright" in this country. If you did, why would you need to ask permission?

[xRIEx]

Guvernator said:

You don't actually own any land "outright" in this country. If you did, why would you need to ask permission?

Because laws still apply on private land, e.g. you still can't dump chemical/toxic waste just because it's private land, you can't build a nuclear reactor just because it's private land, etc. etc.

[98elise]

RobDickinson said:

stuttgartmetal said:

Without being macabre, what's the legality of burying the dead on land you own?
I've never heard of it, so can you really do whatever you like?

Pretty sure if you are dead you cant own land.

I don't think he meant himself. I assumed he meant his victims.

[Condi]

Dogwatch said:

Not sure I really fancy looking at a hole in the garden and thinking "that's for me".

No, but for someone who has lived in the countryside with some land, probably lived on the same farm/house for most of their life I can definitely see the point. There are some views where Ive worked which would be great places to be buried, if you think like that.

If you're of the 'burn me, it doesnt matter' persuasion, this may not be applicable!