Planning application submitted for pet crematorium in Llandeilo
According to Wylde’s application, the crematorium ‘conforms to the latest emissions standards and produces no visible discharge or smell from the flue’
James Wylde of FleurFauna has submitted a planning application to Carmarthenshire County Council for a “low capacity incinerator” on land in Capel Isaac, Llandeilo.
If approved, the application outlined the plan for a low capacity crematorium for small animals that uses a DEFRA-approved incinerator located within an existing agricultural barn structure made of stone and blocks.
According to Wylde’s application, the crematorium “conforms to the latest emissions standards and produces no visible discharge or smell from the flue”.
However, it also highlighted that there will be a “visible” plume of smoke, which would come from the wood burners used in the domestic properties at the site.
The small existing agricultural barn on the land in Capel Isaac, which is currently defunct, has previously been used for agricultural purposes such as machinery storage over the last 10 years.
While the barn is empty at present and awaiting structural renovation, Wylde also requested in his application a change of use from agricultural to commercial.
The potential cremation business would see deceased animals be collected or delivered by the use of a company vehicle or by customers.
Low capacity in the planning application translated to four visits per day, with the appointments to be arranged in advance. Therefore, the application outlined plans for only a single parking space to accommodate one vehicle.
In addition, payments for the service will vary depending on the weight of the animal.
Wylde’s business also plans to offer its services to a local animal rescue centre for deceased domestic animals. This latter plan would be at no cost to the rescue centre, but would be dependent on the crematorium’s limited availability.
Wylde’s plans have confirmed that no animals will be stored on the site, but that in time, there will be a facility to store a single animal “just in case of a breakdown with the incinerator”. This would be in line with APHA licensing requirements.
The plans also include planting native trees within a depleted and neglected woodland area within 700 metres of the site” to carbon offset the use of fossil fuels in the operation of the incinerator.
