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Changing Churches: A Practical Guide to the Faculty System

Changing Churches: A Practical Guide to the Faculty System

Author: Charles Mynors
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN: 9781441156433
Published In: June 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book de-mystifies the whole process of carrying out works to churches. It explains what consents are needed; how they can be applied for; and on what basis applications are decided. The author explores many of the detailed issues that may arise in practice - whether the proposal is to move a shelf in the vestry or to embark on a major refurbishment of the whole church. Topics covered include heating, lighting, access for the less mobile, toilets, kitchens, security, storage, repairs and maintenance. The impact of change on the congregation is considered, as well as the particular problems that may arise where new facilities or new uses are introduced. This indispensable guide highlights issues to consider when contemplating changes and helps the reader to navigate the complex legal and practical processes involved in carrying out works to churches.

1. Introduction

1.1 Consecration of churches and churchyards

1.2 The church as a local centre of worship and mission

1.3 The churchyard

1.4 Financial and practical constraints

1.5 The management of change

1.6 Buildings of denominations other than the Church of England

The need for consent

2.1 General principles

2.2 Introduction

2.3 The need for a faculty

2.4 The administration of the faculty system

2.5 The need for permission from the local planning authority

2.6 Other permissions and consents

Seeking a faculty

3.1 General principles

3.2 Consulting the DAC

3.3 Consulting the amenity bodies and others

3.4 The faculty petition

3.5 Publication

3.6 Faculties involving partial demolition

3.7 Objections and representations

3.8 Fees and costs

The decision on a faculty petition

4.1 General principles

4.2 Decision by the Archdeacon

4.3 Decision by the Chancellor on written representations

4.4 Oral hearings: preliminary procedure

4.5 Procedure at a hearing

4.6 Decision of the Chancellor following a hearing

4.7 Appeals

The planning system and churches

5.1 General principles

5.2 Planning permission

5.3 Listed building consent

5.4 Conservation area consent

5.5 Scheduled monument consent

5.6 Control of advertisements consent

5.7 Works to trees

The existing features of a church

6.1 General principles

6.2 Understanding the potential of a church building

6.3 First impressions

6.4 The main worship area

6.5 The chancel

6.6 Heating and lighting

6.7 Balconies, upper floors, galleries

6.8 Fonts, lecterns and other furniture

6.9 Sound and music

6.10 Memorials and banners

6.11 Art works

6.12 Bells and bell frames

General issues

7.1 General principles

7.2 Toilets

7.3 Kitchens, catering, flowers

7.4 Space for administration, preparation

7.5 Furniture

7.6 Unwanted items

7.7 Storage

7.8 Security

7.9 Repairs

7.10 Cleaning - maintenance

7.11 Unconsecrated buildings and land

New facilities

8.1 General principles

8.2 Seating

8.3 Worship

8.4 Baptisms

8.5 Use by specific groups

8.6 Large gatherings

8.7 Miscellaneous items

New uses

9.1 General principles

9.2 Worship

9.3 Shared worship with other denominations / religions

9.4 Midweek use

9.5 Secular uses

9.6 Leases and licences

10.

Works affecting the exterior of the church

10.1 General principles

10.2 Repairs

10.3 Alterations

10.4 Extensions

10.5 Floodlighting

11.

Reordering

11.1 General principles

11.2 Uses

11.3 Worship

11.4 Overall impression

11.5 Seating

11.6 Lighting

11.7 Heating, cooling

11.8 Sound system

11.9 Facilities for the young

11.10 Staff accommodation

11.11 Miscellaneous points

12.

Burial and exhumation

12.1 General principles

12.2 Burial rights

12.3 Introduction of new monuments

12.4 Cremated remains

12.5 Exhumation

12.6 Re-use of burial spaces

13.

Other works affecting the churchyard

13.1 General principles

13.2 Paths and car parks

13.3 Trees and bushes

13.4 Re-ordering of churchyards

13.5 Secular uses, wayleaves, leases and licences

13.6 Closed churchyards

13.7 Boundaries, walls and railings

13.8 Deterring unauthorised activity

14.

Unauthorised works

14.1 General principles

14.2 Enforcement by the consistory court

14.3 Enforcement by the local planning authority

15.

Redundancy

15.1 General principles

15.2 Redundancy

15.3 Total demolition

16.

Cathedrals and ecclesiastical peculiars

16.1 Cathedrals

16.2 Ecclesiastical peculiars

17.

Special cases

17.1 The Channel Islands

17.2 The Isle of Man

17.3 The Diocese in Europe

17.4 Wales

Appendices

A. Categories of works not requiring a faculty

B. Conditions on faculties

C. Guidelines for monuments in churchyards

D. Instrument delegating authority to incumbent

E. Other sources of information

Table of references

Statutes and statutory instruments

Cases

Index

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