DISCOUNTS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE PARISH

           RESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

To determine qualification for a two thirds discount off the full charges (Column 1 of the Table of Fees) the following criteria are applied:

EITHER   [1]     at the time of death, the deceased was a resident;

OR             [2]     the person owning/purchasing burial rights is a resident;

OR             [3]     in the case of a stillborn child, either parent is a resident;

OR           [4]     the deceased was a resident for five or more years but became non-resident involuntarily, for example by the need to receive residential care in another area during the period immediately prior to the date of death.

“Resident” is defined as being a person living within the Parish of Chigwell.  Please note that the postal district of Chigwell is not co-terminus with the Parish Boundary.  A number of properties within the London Borough of Redbridge have Chigwell postal addresses but do not qualify for residential status.  (As a general guide, these properties have a postcode starting IG7 4--).

If, however, the above criteria are satisfied but in respect of residence within the Parishes of Buckhurst Hill and Loughton, all fees to be charged will be subject to a one third discount off the full charges (Column 2 of the Table of Fees), with the following exception:

If the person owning the burial rights was, at the time of a purchase which took place prior to 1 October 1997, a resident of the Parishes of Loughton or Buckhurst Hill and is still resident in either of those two Parishes or meets the criterion specified in [4] above, then for all purposes of calculating fees in respect of the previously purchased grave space or spaces that person shall be treated on par with a resident of Chigwell and, therefore, qualify for a discount of two thirds off the full charges.  This exception will not apply to grave spaces purchased on or after 1 October 1997.  This concession is not transferable to a subsequent owner.

FOR PERSONS WHO DO NOT MEET THE ABOVE CRITERIA CONCERNING RESIDENCE, THE FULL CHARGES WILL APPLY (Column 3 of the Table of Fees).