Contact the Church Care Team
The Care and Development of Church Buildings team offer advice and support to all involved in looking after church buildings in the Diocese of Norwich. You can speak to them about faculties, building projects, churchyards and the Diocesan Advisory Committee. (DAC).
DAC (Church buildings committee)
The Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) is a statutory committee which provides advice to parishes, the Diocesan Chancellor and the Archdeacons in relation to church buildings, their contents and churchyards.
Guidance & Support – Diocese of Norwich
Friends Groups, Faculty support, guidance documents, maintenance, small repairs, quinquennial checklist, church building ambassadors, plaques and memorials and more.
Permissions and how to apply
Faculty, List A List B and Additional Matters, DAC site visits, Faculty application process, fees, planning permission, VAT on alterations, completion of works, and more.
Quinquennial Inspection Reports
Information about quinquennial inspections and choosing an inspector.
Diocesan Churches Trust
Enabling church buildings to be used for occasional services but their legal responsibility to be held by the Trust.
The Church Buildings Commission
The Church Buildings Commission launched in January 2022 with the purpose of looking at the church buildings across Norfolk and Waveney in terms of their use and sustainability for the future.
The Church Buildings Commission – Diocese of Norwich
Churchyards & Burials
Commonwealth war grave, Churchyards, managing biodiversity, reserving a grave space, burials, memorials, exhumations.
Church Building Resources
Are you daunted by the prospect of taking on a church building project and what that means for your church community? Have you embarked on a project already but you’re finding it challenging and time consuming? Or do you lack expertise to get started?