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Doctrine, Conservation and Aesthetic Judgment in the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

J. D. C. Harte
J. D. C. Harte
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Law in the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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The faculty jurisdiction of the Church of England is the core of what remains as a distinctive system of Church Law in England. It serves inter alia to safeguard the national heritage of parish churches and it is the reason why ecclesiastical buildings in use generally are immune from listed building control under secular planning law. The faculty jurisdiction still provides a model for regulating the conservation of buildings of historic and aesthetic interest and their contents which can be compared favourably with listed building control.

Type
Research Article
Information
Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , February 1988 , pp. 22 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 1988

References

1. Town and Country Planning Act 1971. ss. 56 (1) (a). 58 (2) and (3) and 277A (1) as amended by Town and Country Amenities Act 1974.

2. See. e.g. Harte, J. D. C. “Church v State in Listed Building Control” (1985) JPL 611 and 690.Google ScholarFor a more negative view see Mynors, C.. “Render unto Caesar'…The Ecclesiastical Exemption from Listed Building Control”. (1985) JPL 599.Google Scholar

3. Faculty Jurisdiction Commission. “The Continuing Care of Churches and Cathedrals” 1984. Central Board of Finance of the Church of England.Google Scholar

4. See Green paper “Exemption from Listed Building Control: A Consultation Paper” 1984. Department of the Environment.Google Scholar

5. Housing and Planning Act 1986. s. 40(e) andsched. 9 para 5. inserting Town and Country Planning Act 1971. s. 58 AA.

6. Parliamentary Debates. House of lords. 22 Oct 1986. cols. 387–389.

7. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963. ss. 1.10.

8. Re.St Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington (1985) Fam 81 and (1985) 1 All ER 993.

9. Re. St Stephen Walbrook (1987) Fam 146, and (1987) 2 All ER 578: Reversing (1987) Fam 146, and (1986)2 All ER 705.

10. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963, s5.

11. See note 8 above.

12. See e.g. Nissim v Nissim. Times newspaper 11th December 1987.

13. (1985) 1 All ER 993. at 998. applying the same test as for the Court of Appeal in secular cases. See Benmax v Austin Motor Co Ltd. (1985) AC (1962) P10 and (1961) 2 All ER 429 at 430–431.

14. See note 9. above.

15. (1986) 2 All ER 705. at 709.

16. Holy Table Measure 1964, repealed by Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974, and see Revised Canons Ecclesiastical, Canon F2.

17. Faulkner v Litchfield and Stearn (1845) 1 Rob Ecl 184.

18. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 s. 45(3).

19. (1987) 2 All HR 578. at 580.

20. See note 16 above.

21. For recent examples see Re St Mary the Virgin Selling (1980) 1 WLR 1545: Re St Mary's Fawkham (1981) 1 WLR 1171: Re St Mary's Haydock (1981) 1 WLR 1164.

22. See e.g. Winchester City Council v Secretary of State for the Environment (1978) 31 P & CR 455. upheld 29 P&CR 1: and Lord Luke of Pavenham v Minister of Housing and Local Government (1968) 1 OB 172.

23. (1986)2 All ER 603 h.

24. See the current government's proposals for giving museum and art gallery curators power to sell off items from their collections.

25. E.g. Re St Mary's Luton (1967) P 151. and (1966) 3 All ER 638. affirmed (1968) p 47. and (1966) 3 All ER 648. cf.

26. Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964, s 13 and note comments by Chancellor Garth Moore in Re St Marys Balham (1978) 1 All ER 993 at 995 a.

27. See Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ss. 36 and 55 and Town and Country Planning (Determination by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Classes) Regulations 1981 SI 1981 No. 804, as amended by SI 1986 No. 623.

28. See note 22 above.

29. See note 13 above.

30. (1985) 1 All RR 993. at 996 b-f.

31. (1987) 2 All RR 578. at 592 e-f applying Peek v Trower (1881) 7 PD 21. at 27.per I.d. Penzance.

32. (1986) 2 All RR 705. at 713.

33. (1987) 2 All ER 578. at 596.

34. (1986) 2 All ER 705. at 713. c.

35. (1987) 2 All ER 578, at 584 g and 589 j. and see Sir Anthony Lloyd at 602 g 42 (1987) 2 All ER 578. at 600.

36. (1987) All ER 578. at 600a.

37. Town and Country Planning Act 1971. s55.

38. The Relevance of churches being listed buildings but exempt from listed building control was raised on the appeal. The principle of necessity was gleaned from the judgment of Sir John Owen, the Dean of the Arches, in Re St Mary's Banbury (1987) 1 All HR 247 at 250.

39. 714. quoting Chancellor Garth Moore in Re St. Matthew's Wimbledon (1985)3 All ER 670 at 672.

40. See note 22 above.

41. (1987)2 All ER 578 at 595.

42. Ibid.

43. Ibid. at 597 j598 a.

44. Ibid. at 604 h.

45. Ibid. at 604 h.