SvitlanaV2
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That's a good solution, but as well as getting the permission to demolish the building you do need to have an organisation willing and able to buy. My old church congregation wanted to sell the church site for social housing plus a worship space, but then the credit crunch hit, and the organisations we'd been talking to had to withdraw.
In Britain, the demolition of churches doesn't seem to be fashionable at the moment. I think this is partly because in city areas many of the surplus churches and chapels of the past have already been demolished, and partly because in the right area they're often more desirable for conversion than demolition. Then there are the churches that simply stand empty because the demand is low in the area, or no one can afford to demolish them, or because they're unwanted, unsalable listed buildings.
In my region a church building that's not used for Christian worship is most likely to be used by worshippers of another religion. However, I've seen them used as mechanics' workshops, and I know of one that's become a night club. There's one that's become a bridal shop, and another that's a lawyer's office.
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