Resources and useful links
Yorkshire Synod documents
• Listed Buildings Handbook Click pdf file below
2004_handbook.pdf, 276
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The forms
You need the application form with both Appendix A and Appendix B

• Application form for listed buildings consent with appendix A. Click Word file below
LBAC_form_1_app_A.doc, 53
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• Application form for listed buildings consent Appendix B: Click Word file below
LBAC_Fm1_app_b.doc, 78
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Model Public Notice: Click Word file below
Model_public_notice.doc, 46
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Statements of Significance

These documents are expected by conservation bodies and others involved in the maintenance and development of listed buildings, and and are now needed for Listed Buildings applications. In the foreseeable future every listed building will need one. The new Planning Policy Statement for the built heritage, issued in April 2010, places greater emphasis than before on having a good Statement of Significance.

They will also be required before external support in the form of advice or funds can be accessed.

They need not be difficult to write for most churches. The attached document, prepared for a Leeds church as part of a recent listed buildings application shows the kind of thing required, though all will be different and be more or less complex according to the building itself.



Further information is available from Synod, or see the excellent Church of England site:

http://www.churchcare.co.uk/legal.php

which gives detailed information, explanation and advice
St_Andrew_s_Signif_statement2008.doc, 48
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English Heritage

Yorkshire Region
37 Tanner Row
York
YO1 6WP 

Tel: 01904 601901

Teams of architects and architectural historians.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

The Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber
Much expertise on interpreting church buildings for visitors and others.
Good contacts with other relevant organisations.
Sources of funding.
Helpful website.

http://www.crc-online.org.uk/

Funds for Historic Buildings
A comprehensive guide to funding for anyone seeking to repair, restore or convert for a new use any historic building in England and Wales

http://www.ffhb.org.uk/live_html/index.php