Churchgoers in Wool delighted with new toilet facilities (From Dorset Echo)

Great to see the new toilets. It's just disappointing that so little regard was taken to the graves next to where they were built. Access to one of the doors is over the top of one of the graves. I would have thought religious people would treat loved ones graves with more respect.

How wonderful for Wool church to receive such facilities. But a huge shame that the families were not consulted before it was built, as their loved ones are now within a few feet of the new building.

It may well be great to have new toilets, but it is very upsetting for the families who have there loved ones so close to the building, especially as they were not
consulted, and the first they new of it was when they visited there loved ones grave to find a scaffold pole resting on the headstone,this is very disrespectful to a loved ones that gave there life to the church.

Not one person involved with the planning of this project has shown any respect for the families who have their loved ones buried next to the toilet block and store room. The path to the store goes over the top of a grave showing a total lack of respect to the person buried there and their family. The gravestone of my family is well attended and looked after, one would have thought the Church wardens would have made more of an effort to find out who in the parish knew our family so that we could have been consulted. The parish magazine and subsequent articles on the parish web site gave no indication as to where it was going to be built within the grave yard. The church has existed for hundreds of years without this facility so why does it need it now? The building has been erected over a public right of way which is recorded on maps held by Dorset County Council but neither Dorset County Council, Purbeck District Council or even the Ramblers Association appear to be in the least bit perturbed by this. This to me sends out a clear signal that anyone can build over public right of way? Whilst Purbeck District Council cannot be accused of failing to discharge their statutory duty by posting the required notice of planned works, one has to question the location of the notice that was placed on a telegraph pole by the road which is not easily seen by those visiting the graves, most use the side path to the left of the church entrance and would not see the notice.