The Diocesan Property Office

Diocesan Property Committee                                                            (A sub- c ommitt e e of the Trustees)   

Rev Peter Draper (Chair), Rev Canon Robert Dewhurst, Mr Roger Carradice, Mr Paul Lovell, Mr Bernard Richardson, Mr Ken Dennis, Mrs Rachel Whittle (Minute Secretary)  

Diocesan Property Office 

Property Manager: Mr Ken Dennis

Tel: 01524 596061

Email: ken.dennis@lancasterrcdiocese.org.uk

Property Administrator: Mrs Rachel Whittle

Tel: 01524 596060

Email: rachel.whittle@lancasterrcdiocese.org.uk

- Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme Flyer

- Sacred Artefact List (in progress)

• St Patrick's, Barrow in Furness

(as at 7 April 2010)

Trustee and Property Committee dates 2010

If Property Committee recommends approval to the Trustees, the proposal will also be sent to the Finance Committee for consideration prior to the Trustee meeting.

Useful Property Documents

Parish Property Management Guide  word.doc  .pdf file
Health and Safety Statement  .pdf file.
Annual Parish Safety Check List  word.doc 
Management of Asbestos  .pdf file.
VAT Relief - Eligibility Declaration  word.doc 

Property Form: buying, leasing or selling (pdf)

Property Repairs or improvements (pdf)
Fire Regulations  word.doc  
Smoke free regulations .pdf file

English Heritage advice on lead theft.pdf
English Heritage procurement of consultants.doc

Historic Churches Committee

(Applicable to Listed Buildings and Buildings in a Conservation Area)  

Under the ecclesiastical exemption provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act, listed churches are exempt from the requirement to obtain Listed Building Consent from their Local Authority for works of repair and refurbishment, providing they obtain approval from the Historic Churches Committee.

One Committee serves the four Dioceses of Lancaster, Liverpool, Salford and Shrewsbury and operates from:

47 Southport Road,
Chorley
PR7 1LF.

The Secretary is John Cowdall who can also be contacted on 01257 277128 if advice is needed on whether works do or do not require an application to the Committee.

Email: johncowdall@jca-chorley.freeserve.co.uk

The Committee meets quarterly in January, April, July and October, and because of the consultation arrangements laid down in the regulations, applications need to be with the Secretary at least five weeks before a meeting. Separate arrangements exist for emergency repairs, and you should contact the Secretary for advice when this is necessary.

This is a statutory body, and as a Church we are under an obligation to adhere to the rules. Failure to do this will mean that we will lose all right to ecclesiastical exemption, and we will then be forced to make a full application to the Local Authority before any works can be undertaken.     

Committee Members:

Rev Canon Brendan Alger (Chair); Revv Anthony O'Brien; Peter Draper (for the Lancaster Diocese); Peter Dutton; John Feeney; Thomas Mulhearn; Michael Phillips, OSB; Messrs Joe Burke; Peter De Figueiredo; Michael Hartley; Peter Hoey; Stephen Sartin; Joseph Sharples; Professor John Tam DL, MBE; Sister Anthony Wilson OBE. Secretary: Mr John Cowdall.