Campaigners have called on the council to apologise
A row over plans to convert part of a Knowsley woodland into a cemetery has deepened with campaigners and the council trading blows.
Earlier this year a consultation was launched over the plans, which would require planning permission from St Helens Council as the land is situated in the neighbouring borough. The consultation was later extended but has now closed for comments. A map obtained from the council and seen by the ECHO depicts four phases for the cemetery, with the planning application lodged for the initial phase in 1994. A further application was made and granted in 2012 for phase two of the plans.
“Campaigners have maintained at meetings and in emails that Knowsley Council owns land directly adjacent to the existing cemetery on Foxes Bank Lane, which could be used rather than turning Whiston Woods into a formal cemetery with roads and other infrastructure. Shortly after the group went public with their claims, Knowsley Council updated its article on the Knowsley News website.
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