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Mar 2022
Plans for pet crematorium in Harrogate set for approval
Plans to build a pet crematorium at Stonefall Cemetery in Harrogate look set to be approved.
Harrogate Borough Council's planning committee will make a decision on the council's own application next Tuesday. It has been recommended for approval in a council report.
It follows the lead of councils in north east Lincolnshire and Barnsley, which have already opened or started work on pet crematoriums.
The council currently charges £36 to collect dead pets from people’s homes. The closest pet crematoriums are in Leeds, Thirsk and Skipton.
The crematorium at Harrogate would be built inside a converted shipping container.
The plans also include converting a storage building at Stonefall into a “goodbye room”, where owners can say their final farewells to their pets before they are cremated.
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