FEES AND CHARGES IN RESPECT OF THE MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA WITH EFFECT FROM 1st APRIL 2016 TABLE OF FEES AND CHARGES FIXED AND SETTLED UNDER ARTICLE 15 OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES' CEMETERIES ORDER 1977 AND SECTION 9 OF THE CREMATION ACT 1902 BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM ACTING AS THE BURIAL AUTHORITY FOR BIRMINGHAM Lodge Hill Cemetery and Crematorium Tel: 0121 675 7970 / 0121 675 7971 Fax: 0121 415 5015 Sutton Coldfield Crematorium Tel: 0121 464 3812 / 0121 464 3112 Also Administering Sutton Coldfield Rectory Road Cemetery & Sutton New Hall Cemetery Fax: 0121 323 2837 Yardley Cemetery & Crematorium Tel: 0121 675 8825 / 0121 675 8810 Also Administering Quinton Cemetery Fax: 0121 706 9142 Quinton Cemtery Tel: 0121 303 7043 Part-time Opening Hours Only Fax: 0121 423 2958 Kings Norton Cemetery Tel: 0121 303 5583 Also Administering Brandwood End Cemetery Fax: 0121 459 8284 Witton Cemetery Tel: 0121 303 4363 / 0121 303 6016 Fax: 0121 331 1283 Handsworth Cemetery Tel: 0121 464 0096 / 0121 675 8516 Also administering Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemeteries Fax: 0121 515 1522 FOR FURTHER AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FEES AND CHARGES CONTAINED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE RELEVANT OFFICE ABOVE Issued by the Place Directorate Birmingham City Council BS Fees Charges 2016-17 (from 1st Apr 16) FINAL Page 1 of 6 CEMETERIES Part 1 Exclusive Right of Burial Earthen graves and Walled graves/vaults (Exclusive Rights of Burial for a period of 75 years (to a maximum depth of 9 feet where practicable) with the option to renew such Rights on the terms then prevailing for a similar Grant).As from 1st May 2005, this fee also includes the right to place and maintain a memorial on the grave.Such rights to expire co-terminus with the Exclusive Right of Burial. Non-resident Exclusive Rights of Burial fees will apply when: i. The person to be interred was not a resident of the Metropolitan District of Birmingham at the time of death. ii. In the case of a stillborn child, where neither parent is a resident of the Metropolitan District of Birmingham at the time of birth. iii. The burial rights are pre-purchased by a person who is not a resident of the Metropolitan District of Birmingham. Burial Rights will not be regarded as pre-purchased if the first person to be interred died before or within 14 days of application being made for the purchase of such rights. Exclusive Right of Burial (Excluding Lodge Hill Cemetery) Resident Non-resident 1.1 Standard grave (to accept Coffin/Casket up to 30" (76.20cm) in width) £ 2,203 £ 5,880 1.2 Grave to accept coffin casket over 30" in width,where practicable,the above fee will increase pro rata £ 2,754 £ 7,354 1.3 Standard grave (Lawn Type) with concrete header £ 2,397 £ 6,406 1.4 Grave to accept coffin casket over 30" in width,where practicable,the above fee will increase pro rata £ 2,999 £ 8,007 Child’s grave (coffin/casket 3'6" (106.68cm) x 2'6" (76.20cm) - Where larger size graves are available fee will be 1.5 £ 1,209 £ 3,233 increased pro rata 1.6 Child’s grave (Lawn Type) with concrete header £ 1,285 £ 3,437 1.7 Earthen grave for cremation ashes £ 648 £ 1,734 1.8 Earthen grave for cremation ashes with Concrete Header (to accept four caskets of remains) £ 954 £ 2,540 1.9 Earthern grave for cremation ashes with Concrete Header to accept two caskets of remains £ 765 £ 2,045 1.10 Mini cremated remains vault £ 1,484 £ 3,963 Exclusive Right of Burial (Lodge Hill Cemetery) Resident Non-resident 1.11 Standard grave (to accept Coffin/Casket up to 30" (76.20cm) in width) £ 2,790 £ 6,452 Exclusive Right of Burial (Woodland Burials ) price of grave includes Rustic Wooden Pergola Plaque, 2 Line Entry into the Book of Remembrance, Seed Planter Card Resident Non-resident 1.12 Standard grave (to accept Coffin/Casket up to 30" (76.20cm) in width) £ 2,402 £ 6,406 1.13 Standard grave WITH TREE (to accept Coffin/Casket up to 30" (76.20cm) in width) £ 2,632 £ 6,640 1.14 Postage of Deed By Recorded Delivery £ 6 Part 2 Interments (Maximum 1 hour appointment allocation per booking - ½ hr for items 2.1 & 2.2) Earthen Graves (including Public Graves) 2.1 Interment of a still born child (Includes non-viable foetal remains) or a child aged 14 years or below £ 153 2.2 Interment of organs or other body parts £ 153 2.3 Interment of a person aged 15 years or over (exception applies, see below) £ 668 Interment of person aged 15 years or over - Where an exclusive right of burial was granted before 1.4.1993 and no full body 2.4 burial has taken place since this date (this does not apply to Public Graves) £ 1,091 Walled graves or vaults 2.5 Interment of a still born child (Includes non-viable foetal remains) or a child aged 14 years or younger £ 459 2.6 Interment of a person aged 15 years or over (exception applies, see below) £ 1,127 Interment of person aged 15 years or over - Where an exclusive right of burial was granted before 1.4.1993 and no full body 2.7 burial has taken place since this date (this does not apply to Public Graves) £ 1,642 2.8 Construction of a walled grave POA 2.8a Cost of pre-constructed walled grave (where available) 7' £ 1,680 2.8b Cost of pre-constructed walled grave (where available) 5' £ 952 2.9 Cost of a concrete liner for a standard sized grave* £ 1,224 2.10 Cost of a concrete liner for a child's sized grave* £ 608 2.11 Exhumation Fee POA EXHU * These fees are in addition to the interment and any Exclusive Right of Burial fees that apply. Part 2 Interments (continued) N.B. Maximum coffin width in a standard grave is 30" (76.20cm) in width including a re-opened or pre- purchased grave Cremated Remains (Maximum ½ hour appointment allocation per booking for items 2.11 - 2.13) 2.12 Interment of Cremated Remains in a grave or vault £ 194 2.13 Deposit of Cremated Remains in a Columbarium Unit - Lodge Hill Cemetery (includes first inscription) £ 230 BS Fees Charges 2016-17 (from 1st Apr 16) FINAL Page 2 of 6 2.14 Interment of cremated remains of a child aged 14 years or below £ 153 Where two interments take place at the same time an additional registration fee will be charged in place of the second 2.15 interment fee.(This applies to fees 2.1 - 2.7 & 2.11 - 2.13 above) £ 122 Scattering of cremated remains on a grave when cremation did not take place at a Birmingham City Council Crematorium 2.16 (Fee to witness scattering of cremated remains included) £ 102 Witness scattering of cremated remains on a grave when cremation took place at a Birmingham City Council Crematorium 2.17 (Where multiple scatterings take place on the same grave at the same time, this fee will only be applied once) £ 46 2.18 Burial of cremated remains package consisting of arrangement, supply of casket and floral tribute only £ 203 BS Fees Charges 2016-17 (from 1st Apr 16) FINAL Page 3 of 6 Part 3 Memorials and Inscriptions (as defined within the Rules and Regulations in Respect of the Municipal Cemeteries ) Charge for the Right to erect or place a memorial on a grave or vault ( where an Exclusive Right of Burial has been granted prior to 1st May 2005) 3.1 A traditional type of memorial (Headstone and Kerbs) £ 245 3.2 A lawn type memorial (Headstone only) £ 189 3.3 A lawn type memorial (Concrete header) £ 311 3.4 A lawn type memorial on a child's grave £ 97 3.5 A memorial vase where no other memorial has been erected £ 87 3.6 A lawn tablet for Cremation Ashes Section £ 97 The fees at 3.1 to 3.6 refer to the right to place and maintain a memorial and only includes the first inscription. The following fee applies to each inscription after the first : 3.7 Application for an additional inscription after the first (up to two names may be included upon application) £ 66 3.8 Additional inscription Columbarium Unit - Lodge Hill Cemetery only £ 230 Prices on 4 Other Cemetery Memorialisation application Prices on 5 Woodland Burial Memorialisation application 6 Other Fees and Charges 6.1 Use of cemetery chapel including use of organ and (if required) provision of recorded music. £ 250 Use of crematorium chapel (Lodge Hill, Sutton Coldfield and Yardley when available, including organist) and (if 6.2 £ 343 required) provision of recorded music Transfer of ownership and subsequent registering of an existing Exclusive Right of Burial where the owner of the Exclusive 6.3 Right of Burial is deceased and a burial is to take place, also transfer of ownership and subsequent registering of an Exclusive £ 70 Right of Burial where transfer to a resident of Birmingham. Transfer of ownership and subsequent registering of an existing exclusive Right of Burial to a person who is a non resident of Birmingham (except where original Exclusive Right of Burial is owned by a non resident of Birmingham) N/A where less than 30 years remaining of Exclusive RIght of Burial 6.4 Standard Grave £ 3,682 6.5 Grave to accept coffin casket over 30" in width,where practicable, the above fee will increase pro rata £ 4,600 6.6 Standard Grave (Lawn Type) with Concrete Header £ 4,009 6.7 Grave to accept coffin casket over 30" in width,where practicable,the above fee will increase pro rata £ 5,008 6.8 Child’s Grave (coffin/casket 3'6" (106.68cm) x 2'6" (76.20cm) £ 2,025 6.9 Child’s Grave (Lawn Type) with Concrete Header £ 2,147 6.10 Earthen Grave for Cremation Ashes £ 1,086 6.11 Earthen Grave for Cremation Ashes (with Concrete Header) for 4 £ 1,591 6.12 Earthen Grave for Cremation Ashes (with Concrete Header) for 2 £ 1,280 6.13 Preparation of indemnity upon notification of loss of an Exclusive Right of Burial £ 122 6.14 Preparation of Repurchase of Exclusive Right of Burial Agreement £ 122 Searching of Burial Register or genealogical research (up to three names ) within one year of approximate date 6.15 £ 10 of death that is provided ( Inclusive of Vat ).