Council chiefs are finally following proper procedures in a bid to continue with the controversial dismantling of headstones in a Dumfriesshire cemetery.
A planning application has been made for listed building consent to make alterations to headstones at Sanquhar Cemetery as part of a region-wide memorial safety programme.
The bid for consent is “partially retrospective” – because nearly 200 of the Sanquhar headstones were dismantled and “socketed” into the ground between 2019 and 2020 without relatives being properly notified.
