What is chancel repair liability?
Chancel repair liability is an ancient interest which potentially benefits pre-Reformation churches in England and Wales. It enables parochial church councils to require owners of former rectorial land to fund repairs to the chancel (the space around the altar at the east end of the building) of their local church.
The liability arises because, historically, the rector of a church was responsible for repairs to the chancel and was able to pay for these repairs with the income from rectorial land. The liability to pay for repairs attached to the rectorial land and, in some instances, the liability continues notwithstanding that the land has been subsequently sub-divided into various parcels and sold to individuals or organisations who are not connected with the church. The owners of such land are called lay rectors or lay impropriators.
Problems associated with chancel repair liability
Determination of liability
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liability is attached to land not buildings and the burdened land may not be immediately adjacent to the church; liability may even attach to a new property in an urban area
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