Building Management Portal Guidance
The national Building Management Portal project team have put together some short videos to help users with the transition to the new system.
The Building Management Portal (BMP) has replaced the Online Faculty System as the Church of England’s online system for managing church building works and faculty applications.
To help you use the system, the national Building Management Portal project team has provided a series of short guidance videos covering key processes, including setting up and managing your account, recording List A works, applying for List B works and completing a faculty application.
You can use the videos below to guide you through each stage of the process.
This video provides a short introduction to the Building Management Portal:
Users will access the Building Management Portal through the CofE Portal. If you do not already have a CofE Portal account, you may need to create one.
Some users will need to complete a one-time registration process. This helps the system link the user to the correct role, church, and diocese.
This video explains the process for registration and account management:
Important notice – notifications will now come from the email address noreply@buildingportalnotifications.churchofengland.org (instead of noreply@facultynotifications.churchofengland.org)
Managing access to a church
How to add another church to your profile:
How do I …?
This video explains how to record List A works:
This video explains how to create applications for List B works:
Below is a series of videos explaining how to create and manage faculty applications. These should be watched in order as they go through the different stages:
Starting and preparing an application
- Starting a faculty application
- Standard information form
- Petition part 1
- Statements of significance and need
- Supporting documents
Completing the petition and public notice (after the DAC has issued the Notification of Advice)
Queries and amendments requested by the Registrar
Confirming the Public Notice was displayed
Closing the application when the works have been completed / are not going ahead
Further resources and FAQs can be seen on the Church of England website Building Management Portal page.
As always, the Governance Team will be available to support parishes, clergy and other users throughout the transition. If you have any questions about the new system, existing applications or the migration process, please get in touch.