Councillors are attributable to rule on plans to develop a pet crematorium in Surrey.
Silvermere Haven Pet Cemetery says it has outgrown its web site close to the A3 between Byfleet and Cobham and desires to develop.
The firm says redevelopment is required to maintain up with a rise in demand.
Surrey County Council will contemplate an software on Tuesday for a brand new, bigger building to interchange current ones.
The crematorium, which has been in operation because the Nineteen Seventies, has reached its “bodily and operational capability”, in keeping with planning paperwork.
Council planners advocate approval of the plans on the grounds that the “ageing, unsustainable cremators don’t cater for the wants of a contemporary pet and equine cremation service”.
Petition
A report mentioned whereas there’s a focus of horse homeowners within the space, there’s “a restricted service provide” for horse cremations, with the closest amenities at the least 40 miles away.
A petition in opposition to the proposal has been signed by 1,425 individuals. There can be opposition from Elmbridge Borough Council.
The variety of pet homeowners utilizing the location rose from round 24 per week in 2020 to greater than 90 per week in 2021.
The facility additionally serves greater than 280 vets throughout the south east, London and East Anglia.
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