Harrogate Borough Council is to press ahead with plans to purchase land near Pateley Bridge cemetery to expand burial space at the site.
Graham Swift, cabinet member for resources at the authority, approved spending £32,500 to purchase 2.5 acres of land in the town.
The borough council said it would now begin the process to purchase the land, which is owned by Pateley Bridge Town Council.
It is hoped the expansion will create enough burial space for the next 300 years.
James Bean, estates surveyor at the council, said in a report that the cemetery is expected to reach capacity for burials in the next two years.
He said:
“The cemetery at Pateley Bridge is soon to reach capacity and a solution for its longer term use needs to be established.
“Colleagues in the bereavement services team have identified an area of land next to the cemetery for possible expansion which would provide burial space for over 300 years.”
Work at the site will require planning consent following the purchase in order for the cemetery to expand.
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