Memorial garden plan for Grenfell Tower site
A memorial garden where survivors can "remember together" looks likely to be created at the site of Grenfell Tower.
Seventy-two people died when fire engulfed the residential tower block in North Kensington, west London, in June 2017.
No decision has been made about the future of the tower, which is currently covered in a protective wrap which shows a green heart and the message "Forever in our hearts", but the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission said a garden was "by far" the most popular idea from a survey of survivors, bereaved relatives, and local residents.
A monument or museum could also be installed on the site.
"The Tower itself is a sacred place, but it is currently cordoned off so that the building can be kept safe," the commission said in a report published on Monday.
"Our bereaved families each remember in their own ways, but they don't yet have a peaceful place where they can all come together to grieve."
The report added: "It's often easier to live with difficult memories when you can give them an appropriate time and place, and if you don't feel alone.
"Our survivors don't yet have a peaceful place where they can choose to go to remember together."
What happens to the tower itself is the Government's decision, but the report said, if it is taken down, materials from the block will be made available for use in the memorial if that is what the community requests.
It has already been agreed that the unidentified remains of anyone who died can also be laid to rest at the memorial site.