Practical arrangements for attending Pastoral
Committee and Church Buildings Uses and
Disposal Committee meetings
Access to the Church Commissioners’ office at Church House is through either
the entrance in Dean’s Yard or the Main Door (also known as the North Door)
in Great Smith Street. The Reception at either entrance will ask you to sign-in
and give you a Visitor’s Pass, after which you will be directed to a waiting room.
Coffee and biscuits will be available and toilets are nearby. A Duty Officer will
be there to answer any questions you have and to agree with you who the
speakers will be for your case. If this cannot be agreed the Committee
Chairman will decide who will speak.
If you are held up on your journey to the Commissioners’ office, please ring the
Pastoral Division on 07722 014 106, or the Closed Churches Division on 020
7898 1781. It might be possible for you to speak later in the meeting. This is,
however, up to the Committee.
Shortly before the Committee meeting begins, you will be invited into the
Meeting Room. There are seats available for about 25 visitors. If there is a
very large audience, priority will be given to those who have made
representations about the case or are from the area being discussed.
After the public part of the meeting, speakers, other representors and members
of the public will be asked to leave the Room whilst the Committee discusses
the case and makes its decision. Everybody will then be invited back for the
announcement of the decision and an outline of the reasons for it.
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Charing Cross
Station
Westminster Tube
St James’ Park
Tube
N
Waterloo
Station
Entrance to Dean’s
Yard
Church
Commissioners.
Great Smith Street
Main (North) Door
Victoria
Station
Church
Commissioners.
Dean’s Yard Door
Digital map from Dotted Eyes © Crown copyright. Lic. No. 100002215
Church Commissioners. Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ 2005
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