Guidance Notes are available from the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) on the subjects listed below.
Many of the Guidance Notes are available to download from the Peterborough Diocesan Registry website: www.peterboroughdiocesanregistry.co.uk/dac
For a paper copy contact the DAC office.
Subjects A - Z
A
Archaeology and archaelogy contractors
Architects
Architects appointing guidance
Architects and surveyors - DAC expectations
Asbestos and the PCC’s duty to manage it
B
Bells / substitues for conventional bells
Bells and bell frames
C
Cess pits and septic tanks
Checklist for PCCs before commissioning works
Churchyards - railings
Churchyards - wall repairs
Churchyards - paths
Churchyards -
gates and handrails
Churchyards - seats
Churchyards - trees (Chancellor's guidance to PCCs)
Clocks
Cremation
D
De Minimus list
Disability and access
Disability Discrimination Act: access for people with disabilities
Disabled people's access to historic buildings
Drainage and French Drains
E
Electricity
Electrical inspections
Electrical works: information the specification should include
Electrical requirements for rewiring using existing conduit
Electrical work in churches: DAC approved schemes in parishes since 1995
Electrical works: declaration for contractors undertaking works
English Heritage: DAC referral policy
English Heritage referrals checklist
English Heritage referrals
Extensions and new buildings
F
Faculty
Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1991; Rules 2000 Floodlighting
Floodlighting
H
Handrails
Health and safety
Health and safety audit
Health and safety in churches and churchyards
Heating church buildings
Heating methods available
Heights: The Work at Height Regulations 2005
L
Landfill sites
Lighting (internal)
Lime and mortar
Listed places of worship
M
Memorials, headstones and plaques
Memorials and headstones in churchyards
Memorials and plaques in church buildings
N
Notice boards
P
Permission to undertake repairs or new works in churches and churchyards
Permission procedure flowchart
Pew and pew platform removal
Pipe and cable runs
Projector and screen installation
R
Radio aerials and churches: update on national consultation with operators
Redecoration
Reordering - liturgical
Reordering
Removal of pews
S
Site visits
Sound systems
Sound systems - Faculties for sound enhancement / loop systems
Spire repairs
Standing fabric intrusion
Statements
Statements of need: making the most of your church building
Statements of Significance
Storage of parish records
Structural repairs
T
Telecommunications
Telecommunications masts and radio base stations
Timber assessment and treatment
V
VAT and the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
VAT and the Memorials Grant Scheme
W
War Memorials in churches and churchyards
Water
WC and utilities
WC and utility facility installation
WC and kitchens in the diocese
Windows and stained glass windows
Windows: new stained glass in the diocese 1994-98
Windows: new stained glass windows
Window protection
Woodwork
To request the guidance note for a particular subject, contact the DAC office.
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