COUNCIL officials in Teesside are searching for burial plots following overcrowding at cemeteries.
Brotton and Loftus cemeteries in east Cleveland, will be full within a year.
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is considering options to extend both graveyards.
Space for plots that have not been booked is expected to run out in six months at the Brotton cemetery.
Council officials are considering whether to buy an extra burial site for £40,000 or to buy an extra site for the Brotton cemetery, initially costing £55,000, which would provide up to 1,000 plots.
In Loftus, fencing and landscaping at the existing cemetery will provide an extra 150 plots, costing £9,000.
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