A funeral home has launched another bid to build a crematorium in Bermuda.

Amis Memorial Chapel has submitted a planning application to construction the building on Waller’s Point Road in St David’s close to the TCD centre.

It’s the fourth time that Amis has tried to get permission to build a crematorium on the Island, which the funeral home maintains is needed to meet a rapidly increasing demand.

“We have been working on this application for more than a year now,” said grief counsellor Martha Amis.

“We have completed a series of surveys and emission tests that we hope will satisfy the planners’ requirements.

“The proposed development is on land owned by BLDC close to the TCD centre in St David’s and just has car repair shops in the near vicinity. We believe that emissions should not be an issue given that the sophisticated technology used in the stack will mean that less emissions come out of the crematorium than a diesel vehicle.

“We very much hope that this development is given the go ahead as this is something we really need in Bermuda.”

The latest application was submitted last week and advertised at the beginning of this week.

Previously Amis Memorial Chapel has asked for permission to build a crematorium at Well Bottom in Warwick, next to its funeral home in Warwick and most recently Industrial Road in Southampton. However all three proposals were rejected by the Development Applications Board.

Ms Amis added: “Just in the last week we have had two requests for cremations.

“At present this involves us flying the bodies to Canada and then taken down to New Jersey where the cremation takes place. The ashes are then brought back to Bermuda which can be a long process. “As cremation becomes more popular the greater the need there is for a facility like this. We have tried to do all our due diligence in advance and hope we can be successful this time.”