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Guidance for Dioceses

 

Closing Church Buildings for Regular Public Worship

Guidance for representatives of dioceses involved in the process for closing church buildings and settling their future and senior Diocesan office holders exercising roles under the Pastoral Measure may be found in the Pastoral Measure Code of Practice.

Guidance on working with local planning authorities on the future of closed church buildings may be downloaded here.

 

Local Building Audits

A guidance note and template for gathering information for local building audits are both available:

Local Building Audits: A Guidance Note for Dioceses - download here

Template for gathering information - download here

 

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