Absolutely not! Old burial grounds are perennially attractive to developers such as yourself as they&amp;’re often in prime urban locations and satisfy the &amp;“brownfield&amp;” test - but they do require a lot more procedure before getting to the bulldozing stage.<p></p><p>The first step is to audit the site to find out three fundamentals: is this Church of England or another denomination? Who is buried there and when was the last burial? Are there any other authorities, for example, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, whose consent is required?</p><p>If the site is not C of E, it is governed by the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 which says that, so long as there are no objections from relatives, or there have been no burials in the past 50 years, development may be carried out so long as bodies remaining are disposed of following particular notification procedures set down in the Act. If the ground is Church of England then the site must be deconsecrated before further steps may be taken and this can only be done by obtaining approval from the General Synod. Interred bodies may only be removed - irrespective of the denomination - by obtaining a licence from the Home …