List of Notes for Guidance
PETERBOROUGH DAC
LIST OF NOTES FOR GUIDANCE
Legal/practical requirements / Latest editionAccess for people with disabilities / 2006
Architects & Surveyors: Advice to PCCs on appointing / 2006
Architects & Surveyors: DAC expectations / 2006
Architects & Surveyors: Conservation Accreditation / 2006
Asbestos / 2006
Fire Safety / 2008
Funding / 2006
Health and Safety / 2006
Height: working at height regulations 2005 / 2006
Parish Records; safer storage, practicalities and the law / 2006
Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations) 2007 / 2007
VAT grant – Listed Places of Worship / 2006
VAT grant - Memorials Grant Scheme / 2006
Works Checklist / 2006
Information about getting permission to undertake work in churches and churchyards
Archaeology / 2006
English Heritage and Faculty Jurisdiction; Northants and Rutland / 2006
English Heritage and Faculty Jurisdiction; Peterborough and The Soke – application for advice form to be used by parishes in the Eastern Region of EH on advice from the DAC / 2006
How to obtain a faculty and faculty flow chart / 2006
Minor Matters (Chancellor’s paper) / 2005
Site visits: when, why, who? / 2006
Specifications; DAC expectations / 2006
Specifications; why does the DAC advise PCCs to get them? / 2006
Statements of Significance / 2006
Statements of Need: making the most of your church building / 2006
What is the DAC? / 2006
Who’s who – DAC members 2005 – 2009 / 2006
Works affecting the exterior of the church building
Extensions and new build / 2006
Lime and historic fabric / 2006
Replacement Roofing Materials After Lead Thefts / 2007
Spire repairs / 2006
Standing fabric intrusion (making holes through historic fabric) / 2006
Internal works
Bells and Bellframes / 2006
Bells and Bell frames: criteria for historic significance / 2006
CCTV / 2006
Chairs in church buildings / 2006
Clocks / 2006
Electrical work in churches / 2006
Electrical and lightning inspections (quinqunennial) / 2006
Electrical works – contractor’s NICEIC/ECA declaration / 2006
Floors, levelling, altering and covering / 2006
Heating in churches / 2006
Heating methods / 2006
Internal lighting / 2006
Memorials and plaques in churches / 2006
Organs / 2006
Pew removal / 2006
Projector and screen installation / 2006
Redecoration / 2006
Re-ordering (internal) / 2006
Sound and audio loop systems / 2006
Stained glass windows (commissioning) / 2006
Telecommunications installations / 2006
Timber – assessment and treatment / 2006
WC and Utilities / 2006
Woodwork / 2006
Churches and churchyards
Areas for cremated remains / 2006
Cesspits and Septic Tanks / 2006
Churchyard walls / 2006
Drainage and French Drains / 2006
External Lighting / 2006
Handrails – internal and external / 2006
Headstones, memorials and tombs in churchyards / 2006
Notice boards / 2006
Paths / 2006
Pipes and cables / 2006
Seats in churchyards / 2006
Trees (Chancellor’s paper) / 2001
War memorials in churches and churchyards / 2006
Window Protection / 2006
Window Repairs / 2007
In addition to these guidelines, which are produced with the specific needs and experience of the Peterborough Diocese in mind, the DAC also keeps a wide range of nationally published information and booklets. This includes most of the Council for the Care of Churches publications and a wide range of magazine and journal articles for reference. Anyone is welcome to come and look at these (in the Diocesan Office, Peterborough); please contact the DAC Secretary to arrange a convenient time to visit.
Useful web sites
The Diocesan Registrar has an excellent website that provides all the legal information PCCs require and includes the faculty jurisdiction and care of churches and churchyards. Many DAC guidance notes can also be down-loaded from this site.
For all aspects of looking after churches and churchyards, including sources of funding:
For sources of funding:
For details of reclaiming VAT on repairs (latest information is that this scheme will continue until March 2011)
Diocesan Office (DAC), The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB
Tel: 01733 887007 Fax: 01733 555271 email:
January 2007