Plans submitted for City Cemetery expansion The £1m expansion would create around 1,000 new plots at Derry's biggest graveyard and extend its lifespan by up to seven years Land next to Kildrum Gardens at the top of Southway will be used. Reporter: '); '); Plans have been submitted for a £1m expansion of the City Cemetery in Derry, it can be revealed today. If approved an additional 980 plots will be created at the local graveyard. For many years concerns have been raised that the City Cemetery has been running out of burial space. Derry City and Strabane District Council, which manages the cemetery, have lodged a planning application in recent days for the extension proposals.