A burial ground crisis in Burgess Hill is on the way to being solved.

Councillors last night approved an extra site for the town, which is running out of burial space.

It will be at Nightingale Meadows, near London Road.

The site was approved by Mid Sussex Council's leisure services committee.

Others sites suggested have either met objections or fallen through for other reasons.

Council spokeswoman Janine Bell said: "There was strong support for it, including the Burgess Hill members."

Burgess Hill Town Council has been urgently seeking a suitable site for a burial ground before its existing ones fill up.

Neighbouring parishes, also under pressure for space, have made it clear that any such site should be within Burgess Hill.

The new site is now being added to the list of those previously suggested and is expected to be the favourite.

The cost of the scheme is not yet known.