We acknowledge receipt of your request to Manchester City Council,
concerning:

Southern Cemetry's Buildings

If your request comes under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), we will aim to
respond as promptly as we can and by no later than 20 working days.
Sometimes an extension to that timescale will apply and we will let you
know if that is the case.

If some or all of your request needs to be considered under processes
other than those provided by FOIA or EIR, different timescales may apply.
In particular, any part of your request that concerns your own personal
information will be considered in line with your rights under data
protection legislation (including the right of access) and we will aim to
provide you with a response in respect of that part of your request
without undue delay and by no later than one calendar month, unless an
extension to that timescale applies (we will let you know if that is the
case).

The reference number for your request is FOI/14507.

Should you have any further inquiries concerning your request, please
reply to this email leaving the subject line unchanged.

Yours sincerely
Manchester City Council

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Date: 25/11/2024

Dear John Davidson

Re: Request for Information – Southern Cemetry''s Buildings – Reference
Number: FOI/14507

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 22/11/2024 and has been considered under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act").

You asked:

There appear - at least to the casual visitor(!) - to be three buildings
built for funerals in Southern Cemetery; there's the modern Crematorium,
and two older building to the west and east of the central oval. I'm
interested to know:
 

• What is their general state of repair?
• Are they listed buildings inside or out?
• How often are they used - hours per week (rough estimate only!)?
• Are they available for use for funerals on a Saturday or Sunday?
• Would the council be willing to see them rented out for use on a
regular basis / exclusive basis by a religious group, possibly with
the group financing any repair work necessary?

Refusal - information not held by the Council

Unfortunately, the information you have requested is not held by
Manchester City Council. The facilities your request refers to are
privately owned. You may wish to contact The Manchester Crematorium who
manage the buildings, as they are more likely to hold this type of
information. Information on how to contact them can be found via this link
- [1]Home | The Manchester Crematorium Ltd. 

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you have received this response by email the best way
to submit a request for internal review is to respond directly to the
email, leaving the email's subject line unchanged. Alternatively, you can
contact the Council's Information Compliance Team at [2][email address] or
Democratic Services Legal Team, PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60
2LA. A copy of the Council’s information rights complaints procedure can
be downloaded
from: [3]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d....
If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review process,
you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

You should primarily contact the Information Commissioner on the following
link:   

[4]www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints

Alternatively the Information Commissioner can also be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Fax: 01625 524510

[5]www.ico.org.uk

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications. If you have received this response by email, please leave
the email's subject line unchanged when responding to it. 

Yours sincerely

Diane Murphy- (Chief Execs)

References

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5. http://www.ico.org.uk/

Dear John Davidson

We acknowledge receipt of your email to Manchester City Council.

We will pass your email on to the team handling your case FOI/14507 who
will be in touch in due course.

Yours sincerely
Manchester City Council
 

Your personal data is very important to us. Please refer to our privacy
notice at [1]www.manchester.gov.uk/privacy for further information.

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We acknowledge receipt of your request to Manchester City Council,
concerning:

Southern Cemetrys Buildings

If your request comes under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), we will aim to
respond as promptly as we can and by no later than 20 working days.
Sometimes an extension to that timescale will apply and we will let you
know if that is the case.

If some or all of your request needs to be considered under processes
other than those provided by FOIA or EIR, different timescales may apply.
In particular, any part of your request that concerns your own personal
information will be considered in line with your rights under data
protection legislation (including the right of access) and we will aim to
provide you with a response in respect of that part of your request
without undue delay and by no later than one calendar month, unless an
extension to that timescale applies (we will let you know if that is the
case).

The reference number for your request is FOI/14521.

Should you have any further inquiries concerning your request, please
reply to this email leaving the subject line unchanged.

Yours sincerely
Manchester City Council

Your personal data is very important to us. Please refer to our privacy
notice at [1]www.manchester.gov.uk/privacy for further information.

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Date: 29/11/2024

Dear John Davidson

Re: Request for Information – Southern Cemetrys Buildings – Reference
Number: FOI/14521

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 25/11/2024 and has been considered under the
provisions of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (“the EIR”).

We can confirm that the Council does hold the requested information.

What is their general state of repair? - These buildings are dilapidated
and unsafe to enter.
Are they listed buildings inside or out? -The interior and exterior of
both chapels are Grade 2 listed.
How often are they used - hours per week (rough estimate only!)? - These
buildings are no longer in use.
Are they available for use for funerals on a Saturday or Sunday? - They
are not currently available for funerals.
Would the council be willing to see them rented out for use on a regular
basis / exclusive basis by a religious group, possibly with the group
financing any repair work necessary? - These buildings are
currently dilapidated and not fit for use.  Any proposed use in the future
would need to take into account the state of the chapels, and would also
need to fit in with the general working practices of the Cemetery.
 

Information about the re-use of council information is available
at [1]https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/10...
If you wish to re-use this information, please follow the application
process described.  Your request will be considered in accordance with the
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you have received this response by email the best way
to submit a request for internal review is to respond directly to the
email, leaving the email's subject line unchanged. Alternatively, you can
contact the Council's Information Compliance Team at [2][email address] or
Democratic Services Legal Team, PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60
2LA. A copy of the Council’s information rights complaints procedure can
be downloaded
from: [3]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d....
If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review process,
you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

You should primarily contact the Information Commissioner on the following
link:   

[4]www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints

Alternatively the Information Commissioner can also be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Fax: 01625 524510

[5]www.ico.org.uk

The Information Commissioner will generally expect that you have exhausted
the Council’s Information Complaints Procedure before she will consider a
complaint.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications. If you have received this response by email, please leave
the email's subject line unchanged when responding to it. 

Yours sincerely

Amanda Boyle

References

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