The Church of England has introduced a new Building Management Portal (BMP), a national digital system for managing applications relating to works on churches, their contents, and churchyards.
The portal replaces the Online Faculty System (OFS). It it used for List A, List B, and faculty applications, and provides a clearer and more structured way for applicants, parishes, DAC teams, archdeacons, registrars, chancellors, and consultees to work through the application process.
The Building Management Portal (BMP) was launched 6 October.
The legal process itself hss not changed. The Building Management Portal provides a new digital route for managing the same permission framework, with clearer workflow stages, improved case visibility, and role-based access.
Existing and historic cases from the Online Faculty System have been migrated into the Building Management Portal.
Training material, FAQs, and guidance is being made available. Current video guidance is available (see below). Further updates may follow once feedback from parish users has been reviewed.
To help Parishes adjust to the change to the BMP, the Church Buildings Team will be offering a one-hour online training workshop for applicants so that you can see how the process will work. These are:
14 October @ 7.30 pm
21 October @ 2 pm
12 November @ 7.30 pm
25 November @ 2 pm
26 November @ 7.30 pm
To book a place, please email ChurchBuildings@LeicesterCofE.org
The training will make use of some of the videos that the National Church have produced.
- General Building Management Portal introduction
- Registration and account management
- List A works
- List B works
If you have questions about a current or future application, please contact Rupert Allen, DAC Secretary. Further national information is available on the Church of England website: churchofengland.org/BuildingManagementPortal