A Jewish cemetery plans to install floodlights so that visitors can see after dark and for night time burials and events. The Machzikei Hadass Cemetery is in a rural, green belt area of Whitefield close to Philips Park Road and Old Hall Lane.
A planning application submitted to Bury Council in the past week seeks permission to build three pole mounted floodlights at the site along with a storage unit. Documents in support of the plans have been published by Bury Council.
In a statement on development on the green belt, Avram Hibbert from JC Design Group said: “The proposed floodlighting will be manually controlled by a caretaker or an authorised person. They will be on three separate circuits and would be switched on independently for the specific time required such as a night-time burial or a night-time event in the cemetery, thereby reducing energy usage and minimising light pollution.
