The petition requested a confirmatory faculty in respect of the replacement of an extremely rare Anglo-Saxon triangular window head in the tower of the Grade I church with a head having a curved shape. The works had been carried out on the basis of the Archdeacon’s approval under List B of the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules. The Chancellor took the view that this particular item of work (which was part of a range of repairs to be carried out) should not have been authorised under List B, as the Rules only allow List B approval if: “The repair does not involve the substantial replacement of a major part of the fabric or of historic material…” The Chancellor considered making of a restoration order, but decided to grant a faculty, having given “particular weight to the opinion of the CBC which deplores the loss of the Window Head, but pragmatically recognises the lack of proportionality in requiring the existing works to be removed and attempted again in the face of an inability to truly reinstate what has been lost.”

The proposed works included: (1) repair, replace and treat rotten and infested roof timbers and beams and floor supports and floors; (2) create a ramped disabled access adjacent to the main door; (3) create a disabled toilet within the disused south porch; (4) permanently remove some pews to create additional space for movement around the church and disabled/wheelchair access; and (5) create a larger family-friendly pew area at the rear of the south aisle by the removal of two pews. There were no objections. The Chancellor was satisfied that the proposed works would not result in any harm to the significance of the Grade II* church as a building of special architectural or historic interest, and accordingly granted a faculty.

A Faculty had been granted in 2007 to authorise the removal of the pews. Upon an application in 2011 for an extension of time, the Chancellor directed that further Public Notices be published. Several objections were received. Matter determined by written representations. Extension allowed, subject to conditions.

A faculty was sought for repairs to pew platforms and pews, and also the moving of the font from the south aisle to a more central position at the back of the Church, 'so that the administration of the sacrament of baptism can be better seen by the congregation and that there may be an improved liturgical focus on a baptism conducted during the main Sunday morning worship.' There were two objections to the moving of the font. Faculty granted.

An application had been made to set aside a partially executed faculty for exhumation and reinterment of cremated remains. The application was made after the exhumation of the cremated remains, but before their intended reinterment in a family grave in a parish in Northern Ireland where the deceased had been born. The original petitioner and the present applicant were brother and sister. The Chancellor found that the petitioner had been “highly economical with the truth” about sibling relatives when applying for the faculty. When two of his siblings discovered that the remains had been exhumed, his sister in Northern Ireland (who did not have a good relationship with the petitioner) advised the Registry that she and one of her brothers had not been advised of the faculty application and would have objected to it. She therefore applied to set aside the faculty. For the reasons stated in the judgment, the Chancellor decided to dismiss the application to set aside the faculty, in order that the deceased’s remains could be interred next to his father’s remains in Northern Ireland.

Petition for repairs to external stonework (ironstone) of a twelfth century church. Objections as to the extent of the proposed replacement of stone with stone from the same quarry as the original. Faculty granted.

Confirmatory Faculty to carry out significant modifications in the execution of works previously permitted under faculty. The variations are: 1. to re-site the font further north, 2. to re-grade the pathway to the new platform in front of the west doors, 3. to modify the roof on the new inner west lobby, 4. to paint the salvaged pew ends incorporated into the new WC and kitchen screens, 5. to replace the proposed carpet tiles with a pattern of Amtico tiles in three colours, and 6. to introduce various new lighting fittings.

The installation of a digital organ and a moveable font in the church of St. Nicholas Radford Semele, a reconstructed church severely damaged by fire in 2008

Faculty granted for Air Source Heat Pumps, to replace an old electric boiler heating system.

The petitioners wished to remove four rows of pews from the west end of the nave, in order to allow greater community use of the church. The church had a mixture of medieval and Victorian pews. The Chancellor granted a faculty to allow the removal of the pews as requested, with the exception of one medieval pew and frontal.