Managing Church Property
District Property Officer: Roy Hollands
Roy will be happy to hear from you if you have any queries or questions about buildings and land and their use and maintenance.
Please ask Roy for advice before arranging anything other than the usual Methodist Church use of any property or premises, including: use by other groups and churches; renting; leasing; buying; selling; ceasing or changing use; repairs; replacement; alterations; electrical, water, gas or heating work.
Roy’s usual hours are Monday to Thursday, 2-5pm
Planning
a Property
or Project?
Please contact Roy before arranging anything other than the usual Methodist Church use of any property or premises, including: use by other groups and churches; renting; leasing; buying; selling; ceasing or changing use; repairs; replacement; alterations; electrical; water; gas or heating work.
Property Grants from the District may be available to support your project – visit our grants page for more: https://methodistsoutheast.org/grantinfo.php
Net Zero and Eco Church
We encourage all churches and circuits to engage in forward planning about how they can bring their buildings towards Net Zero, so that emergencies (e.g. a boiler breaking down) do not result in requesting to replace like for like because the boiler has to be replaced and there is not time to explore more environmentally friendly alternatives.
There are many resources to support you with this including:
HEAG321 Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency
Getting your Building down to Net Zero - The Methodist Church
Action for Hope - The Methodist Church (lots of other signposts cascade from the Action for Hope webpage)
Property Consents
There is an online Consent process for many of the projects which may need to be carried out on our buildings. Roy will happily guide you on whether your project requires consent. The Consents Flow Chart is a helpful reference document.
When submitting a project on the property consents site, we encourage you to answer the questions in the online forms as fully as possible, as this will help the District Property Consents Group fully understand your project and give consent as quickly as possible.
Your Superintendent has the necessary passwords to authorise people with responsibility for property in local churches and Circuits to access the Consents website.
More information about the Consents process can be found in “Getting Started” leaflet which can be downloaded below.
Closure of a Church
This below form is designed to help church and circuit officers through the process of the closure of a church and/or the cease to meet process.
SED Closure Cessation Application Form - word doc
if you have any questions about the form, of things it asks, please do contact our property officer, Roy Hollands.
More support and guidance on managing Methodist property is available on the property pages of the Methodist Church website: https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-churches/property/
Download the Property Steward’s handbook Property_Stewards_Handbook_2025_v5.pdf
