Update on Shacklegate Lane Allotments

Richmond Council have raised a planning request to close Shacklegate Lane allotments and extend the cemetary next door. The request is due to go to the Planning Committee on 17th December.

Councillor Wren has tabled a question which reads: “Will Council instruct officers to produce a policy review and new forecasts regarding use of cemeteries by summer 2026, so that Members can readdress the question of whether there are actually alternative solutions to the unfortunate decision to close down the only – and well-loved - allotments in Teddington, on Shacklegate Lane, which has been made from the perceived need for burial space, but is based on out-of-date conceptions of how funerals will be managed for the next decade and beyond?”

See also previous news item and BBC London report

14 Nov 2025