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Crematorium plans given approval

Plans to build a second crematorium within two miles of one already under construction has been given approval.The Chilterns Crematorium Joint Committee (CCJC), which operates the crematorium at Amersham, has been granted permission to build a new crematorium at Bierton.Crematorium building works are due to start within the next few weeks at Watermead, which will mean that the outskirts of Aylesbury will house two new facilities. The CCJC resubmitted its planning application to the Aylesbury Vale District Council on October 14 after the original planning permission was quashed in March 2015 after Westerleigh Group, which is responsible for the Watermead build, instigated a judicial review.