This note is intended for Structural Engineers, Civil Engineers, and churches appointing them, who have not made previous or recent applications for faculty permission and who are not familiar with the requirements.
This page is designed to help your church respond to any approaches by telecommunications companies who would like to install a telecoms base station in your church, or on church property. It explains how to deal with the aesthetic, technical, legal and ethical factors involved.
Rule 15 of the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2000, requires consultation with the Church Buildings Council on the disposal of articles of particular historic merit. The final decisions over disposal are of course in the hands of the Chancellors but the Church Buildings Council thought it would be helpful to Chancellors, DACs and parishes to set out its policy on the subject and the thinking behind it.
Guidance on the selection of new stained glass for church buildings.