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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Charlotte Lillywhite and Tom Place

Campaigners in south London issue plea to stop allotments being turned into graveyard

Jane Cowling, Candace Taylor and Paul Cuff at Shacklegate Lane allotments - (Charlotte Lillywhite / LDRS)

Campaigners have issued a final plea to halt plans to convert their neighbourhood’s last allotments into a graveyard.

Neighbours are calling on Richmond Council to pause its planned closure of the Shacklegate Lane allotments on October 1 to allow time for the rollout of alternative solutions to a shortage of burial space in the borough.

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