For further information, please contact the DAC Secretary, Sandra Turner - 01245 294423, DAC Assistant Joanne Beaumont - 01245 294413 or follow the links below:
To submit an application to the DAC you need to register to the On-line Faculty System and upload your applications here
Risk Assessment of your church
- Historic England - Lightning Protection
- Historic England - Metal Theft from Church Roofs and Replacement Materials
- How to carry out Risk Assessment of your church - Ecclesiastical Insurance Link
- How to Use fire-risk-assessment-form - Ecclesiastical Insurance
- PDF - General Risk Assessment Form - Eccelesiastical Insurance
- Tower Beacon Guidance (The commemorations of the end of the First World War in 2018 has given rise to fresh interest in beacons on church towers. Ecclesiastical has revised its guidance on church tower beacons)
Other Links
- Places of worship protective security funding applications, to appliy online
- Jubilee Beacons - Churchcare with brief guiandance on Jubilee Beacons, the key message is to keep beacons away from church buildings
- Faculty Jurisdiction amendments due in April 2020
- Anti-Socvial Behaviour
- A & B Lists (July 2023)
- Additional Matters Order - To install Commonwealth War Graves Signage
- DAC - Agenda Cut Off and Meeting Dates 2024
- What documents to submit when seeking permission for any works to church or churchyard
- Historic England new online guidance Building Works and Bats (replacing 'Bats in Traditional Buildings')
- Bats in Churches Partnership Project - Heritage Lottery fund
- Bat Conservation Trust ‘Church Visit Request Form’ (CVRF)
- Church Buildings Council Conservation (CBC) Grants
- Church Buildings Council - Statement of Significance and Needs
- ChurchCare (CBC) Guidance Notes Including - Funding - Sources of Funding for Conservation Projects
- Charitable Grants for Churches
- Essex Police - Crime Prevention Strategy
- The DAC and the Faculty Process
- Statement of Significance and Need
- Guide to disposal & Loans of church assets/treasures Church of England Guide
- The Changing Church - a guide to developing and adapting church buildings
- Redundant Organs guidance
- Useful Addresses e.g. Registry, SPAB, Historic England & Others
- The Faculty Jurisdiction Rules
- National Lottery Heritage Emergency Fund
- A practical path to “net zero carbon” for our churches Notice of consultation on definition of net zero carbon.
- Net-zero - churches to have due regard to the Church Building Council's (CBC) advice on net-zero carbon on which proposals for net-zero carbon apply..
- Church Buildings Council (CBC) - Practical path to net-zero carbon for churches