News

Refurbishment Progress

Sorry for the lack of updates on our refurbishment project. Quite a lot has been happening over the last six months.

Certificate of Authorisation Received!

Today we received our Certificate of Authorisation! Praise God! It has been a long and bumpy road to this point, so it is a matter of great relief that we now have our plans approved and can get on with the next stage, which is put the work out to tender and get some quotations.

Pressing On Towards Refurbishment

We have been thinking hard about how to respond to the objections to our refurbishment scheme and what we can do to move forwards. We have reluctantly come to the conclusion that if we do not agree to retain the rearmost three rows of pews then the refurbishment simply will not happen.

A Setback

Very disappointing news regarding our listed building application, I am afraid. We heard a couple of days ago that the Listed Buildings Advisory Committee have decided not to approve our application as it stands.

Refurbishment Application Submitted

The formal application to the Listed Buildings Advisory Committee went off today, including a full 25 copies on CD ROM! The next stage is the 28 day public consultation period, which they will kick off as soon as they process our application.

News on Our Draft Application

It’s been a quiet few months, but we’ve finally heard back from the BU Listed Buildings Committee. There are a few details that they want added to our application, but once we have done that they are happy for us to make the formal application.

So we’re getting there. One final push and we should have the application submitted – finally!

Refurbishment Update: We add a kitchen!

A quick update on our building project. We have received a grant of £1000 from the Baptist Union Home Mission Fund to use to replace the cooker in our church kitchen.

Draft Refurbishment Application Submitted

Today we reached the first milestone of our journey towards refurbishing the church buildings with the submission of our draft application to the Listed Buildings Advisory Committee of the Baptist Union.