Church Buildings and Development

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? The new Project Support Pack has

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Church Buildings 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). Nicholas Cannon, Church Care and Development Manager (DAC Secretary) 

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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. The duties of the Committee and its constitution are governed by the current Faculty Jurisdiction Measure and Rules. Members of the

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Churchyards & Burials

Maintenance, reservation of a plot, memorials, exhumation, biodiversity, churchyard closure, burial formalities and Commonwealth War Grave Commission signs.

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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 Diocese of Norwich has more medieval churches than any other Diocese. There are over 640 church buildings in Norfolk

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