Published: November 12, 2025
Before we go to public participation, we’d like to make a statement:
We regret the upset caused by the laying down of headstones at Hawkcombe Cemetery.
We’d like you to keep in mind that this is a work in progress. Our priority was to make safe any headstones deemed unsafe; laying them flat is the quickest way to achieve this.
The work of the memorial company has been checked by a councillor, and it was confirmed that work has been carried out consistent with the survey that Council commissioned.
We are now working with the memorial company to get the stones on the level area fixed and put back up ASAP – the way we achieve this is on the agenda this evening.
In hindsight our community communication could have been better, however we did put up a sign at the cemetery gates in January 2024 and on Facebook.
Cllr. Duncan McCanlis
