{"id":22744,"date":"2019-05-21T16:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=22744"},"modified":"2019-05-21T16:53:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T15:53:56","slug":"isle-of-wight-houses-on-graves-plan-branded-appalling-by-relatives-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=22744","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Wight houses on graves plan branded ‘appalling’ by relatives: BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"website\"Plans to build homes on the graves of people buried at Wellow Baptist Church Isle of Wight, as recently as 2012 have been branded \u2018appalling\u2019 by their relatives.<\/h3>\n

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BBC News writes:<\/p>\n

Wellow Baptist Church on the Isle of Wight has not been used in two years and has been earmarked for development. Tony Daniell, whose wife died seven years ago, said he had been assured he could be buried alongside her behind the chapel. So far, 46 objections against the plans have been raised. Many residents who have relatives buried at Wellow are among the complainants, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Colin Wilcox, from Brighstone, discovered his great aunts and uncles were buried at Wellow when researching his family history. \u2018I think it’s appalling really, that they want to build houses here. These are my relatives,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

The church said it was taking concerns seriously but was confident \u2018agreeable responses\u2019 could be reached. According to the plans, Wellow Baptist Church – which was built in 1815 – would be replaced by two semi-detached houses and a further disused property next to Colwell Baptist Church would be knocked down and three houses built in its place. The profit from the sale of the new housing would go towards redeveloping the church at Colwell.<\/p>\n

Susan Aggio, from Newport, said: \u2018My nan, Sylvia Fitzgerald, was buried here in 2010 and my granddad has a letter giving him permission to be buried with her. This is already causing the family upset \u2014 my granddad especially. \u2018I feel very sad that this is even being considered due to the amount of pain it is causing, and will continue to cause.\u2019<\/p>\n

Colwell Baptist minister Dave Burton said the chapel was in need of urgent structural repair and renovation. He said: \u2018Understandably, there are many legal restrictions around what can and can’t be built over, or near to, a private burial ground and the project would, obviously, have to comply with all these restrictions if it were to proceed.\u2019<\/p>\n

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