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How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
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The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
How to manage burials grounds, including the laws you need to follow, maintenance standards and staff training.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
How to manage the safety of unstable memorial stones in cemeteries and burial grounds.
You need an exhumation licence if you are removing human remains from the ground
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Apply for permission to stop making burials in a Church of England churchyard.
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