The chancellor granted a faculty for the exhumation of the remains of the petitioner's wife, who had been buried in 2013. The ground around the grave became extremely wet during heavy rain such that water would lie on the surface of the grave for many weeks in the winter months. The deceased's family found the situation distressing and any planting at the grave was destroyed. Given the small number of plots affected and the lack of concerns raised by other families, the incumbent and the Parochial Church Council, who supported the petition, did not plan to carry out any remedial works. It had been intended that the petitioner's remains would be interred in the same grave when his time came; if a faculty were not granted the future burial arrangements would be unsatisfactory. The chancellor expressed the view that, in extreme cases, deterioration in the condition of a churchyard could form the basis of a successful petition for exhumation. He took particular account of the promptness of the petitioner's application, distinguishing the situation where the deterioration had taken place over a long period. [RA]