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bath & wells: diocesan information
Diocesan Advisory Committee
Before a parish takes any action to a church involving alteration, repair,
extension or demolition, or the addition or removal of contents it must, through
the Diocesan Registrar, submit a Faculty Petition for the Chancellor's approval.
The DAC is a statutory committee whose members (apart from the Archdeacons) are
volunteers appointed by the Bishop's Council. They include specialists, clerics
and lay members and they advise the Chancellor of the Diocese about the issue of
faculties but the DAC is also there to serve the parishes.
The person to contact in connection with DAC matters is the Assistant
Secretary, Mrs Gill Hawkings. She works in the Diocesan Registry and her
telephone number is 01749 674747, her direct fax is 01749 834060 and her email
is: gill.hawkings@harris-harris.co.uk.
She is able to advise on the procedure for obtaining advice from the DAC
and faculty approval. She should be able to help on a variety of matters
including the appointment of new church architects, the names of conservators,
archaeologists etc. etc.. If she does not know the answer to a question raised by
a parish then she is normally able to point the parish in the direction of
someone who will know or be able to help.
The DAC has a number of guidance notes/ policy papers available which
can help parishes in formulating proposals for approval by the DAC. Currently
papers are available on:
- Accessibility audits for churches
- Archaeological contractors (details of)
- Archaeological watching brief
- Bells and bell frames
- Burial of cremated remains
- Church bells and the law
- Churchyard paths
- Churchyards: their care, re-ordering and recording
- Churches and accessibility
- Commissioning works of art
- Flag flying
- Heating
- Memorial tablets
- Organs
- Silver and other treasures
- Sound systems
- Stained glass
- Telecommunications aerials
- Textiles
- Tower screens
- Tower steps
- Trees in churchyards
- VAT and churches
- Window guards
All of these papers can be sent by email or fax to parishes. Application
forms for DAC approval together with explanatory notes on information required
by the DAC can also be sent by email or fax.
Links
www.churchcare.co.uk
A 'one-stop shop' for anyone involved in the running of a church.
Produced by the Archbishops' Council.
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