Community Right to Bid
Assets of community value
The Localism Act 2011 introduced a new Community Right referred to as the Community Right to Bid which allows town and parish councils and defined community groups to ask the council to list certain assets as being of community value.
The Community Right to Bid helps local community groups to preserve buildings or land which are important to their community's social well-being. With Right to Bid when a listed asset comes up for sale there is a delay in the sale process. This delay should give an increased chance for the local community to bid to buy the asset.
Nominating an asset of community value
A community nomination can be made by a parish or town council or a voluntary or community body with a local connection.
Expression of interest to purchase an asset of community value
The owner of a building or land that is listed as an Asset of Community Value must notify the council when they intend to sell or lease the property (unless an exemption applies). The council will update the website list with the intended sale, inform the nominating organisation and publicise the sale in the local community. Any eligible community interest group that is interested in making a bid must write to us within six weeks of our receipt of the owner's notification of their planned sale. Here is the form to complete and return:
If we do not receive a request within six weeks, the owner can proceed with the sale or lease. If we do receive a request, the owner cannot sell or lease the land for six months, giving time for any community interest group(s) to prepare a bid. The owner does not have to sell to a community interest group but if they choose to do so, the sale can take place during the moratorium.
List of assets of community value
The list of assets of community value details the successful and unsuccessful community asset nominations. For each asset, the list sets out a range of information that is defined in the Assets of Community Value Regulations.
Ref | Property address | Date of decision to list |
Date listing will expire (5 years) |
Current status |
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ACV1 to ACV17 | Entries removed | |||
ACV18 | Swinbrook Road Allotments Kilkenny Lane Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1DT |
30/01/2018 | 29/01/2023 | |
ACV19 |
Gardiner Arms |
05/05/2023 | 04/05/2028 |
Receipt of Asset Disposal Notice: 11 April 2023 Full Moratorium End Date: 10 October 2023 Protected Period End Date: 10 October 2024 |
ACV19A | Land on the North side of 93 Medcroft Road, Tackley, Kidlington, OX5 3AH (Also Known As The Function Room Parking Area and Garden – Title Number: ON155689) | 05/05/2023 | 04/05/2028 | |
ACV20 | The White House 1 Grove Road Bladon OX20 1RQ |
08/08/2019 | 07/08/2024 | Date of receipt of disposal notice: 17/09/2019
Interim moratorium end date: 28/10/2019
Date full moratorium triggered: 11/10/2019 Full moratorium triggered by: Bladon Community Benefit Ltd. Full moratorium end date: 16/03/2020
Protected period end date: 16/03/2021
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ACV21 | The Cock Inn The Green Combe Witney OX29 8NT |
02/09/2019 | 01/09/2024 | |
ACV22 | Long Hanborough - public open space adjacent to Riely Close (incorporating skate park and BMX facility) Land Registry Title Number ON284881 |
18/06/2020 | 17/06/2025 | |
ACV23 | Rose & Crown Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AB |
17/08/2020 | 16/08/2025 | |
ACV24 | The White Horse The Ridings Stonesfield Oxfordshire OX29 8EA |
25/01/2021 | 24/01/2026 | Date of receipt of disposal notice: 26/04/2022 Interim moratorium end date: 07/06/2022 Potential full moratorium end date: 26/10/2022 Protected period end date: 26/10/2023 |
ACV25 |
Cassington Allotments Land Registry Title Number: ON296952 |
28/01/2021 | 27/01/2026 | |
ACV26 |
Entry removed due to relevant disposal. |
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ACV27 |
Fox Inn, 27 Enstone Road, Middle Barton, Chipping Norton, OX7 7BL (Title Number: ON140478) |
23/03/2022 |
22/03/2027 |
Date of receipt of disposal notice: 27 June 2023; Interim moratorium end date: 8 August 2023; Full moratorium end date: 27 December 2023; Protected period ends: 27 December 2024 |
ACV28 |
Clanfield Village Recreation Ground and Playing Fields incorporating Children’s Play Park (Also Known As Land lying to the north of Mill Lane, Clanfield, Bampton – Title Number: ON341267) |
16/03/2023 |
15/03/2028 |
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ACV29 |
Land on the north side of Ascott Road, Shipton Under Wychwood, Chipping Norton (Also Known as The Glebe land, Ascott Road, Shipton-Under-Wychwood – Title Number: ON274164) |
23/02/2024 |
22/02/2029 |
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ACV30 |
The Hand and Shears, Church Hanborough, Witney, OX29 8AB |
07/08/2024 |
06/08/2029 |
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List of unsuccessful nominations
Ref | Property address | Date of decision | Reason for decision |
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ACVR1-6 | Entries removed | ||
ACVR7 | Carpenters Arms Fulbrook Hill Fulbrook Burford OX18 4BH |
12/01/2017 | Insufficient evidence to satisfy the assessment as to whether the property furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community. |
ACVR8 | Carterton Police Station Burford Road Carterton OX18 3AG |
28/02/2017 | The nominated building is an operational and administrative office - public access has been minimal. The building does not satisfy the statutory test in the Localism Act at either section 88(1)(a) or 88(2)(a). |
ACVR9 | Freeland Methodist Church Wroslyn Road Freeland Witney OX29 8HJ |
05/09/2017 | Insufficient evidence to satisfy the assessment as to whether the building/land has furthered the social wellbeing or interests of the local community in the recent past. The nomination fails to meet the definition of an Asset of Community Value in the statutory test at Section 88(2)(a) of the Localism Act 2011. |
ACVR10 |
The Lamb Inn
Leafield Road
Crawley
Witney
OX29 9TW
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24/10/2017 | Insufficient evidence to satisfy the assessment as to whether the property has furthered the social wellbeing/ social interests of the local community and thereby meets the definition of an Asset of Community Value as set out in the relevant statutory test at Section 88(2)(a) of the Localism Act 2011. |
ACVR11 |
Freeland Methodist Church
Wroslyn Road
Freeland
Witney
OX29 8HJ
|
09/11/2017 | In terms of the uses of the building in the recent past, Freeland Methodist Church cannot be listed as an Asset of Community Value as it does not fall within the scope allowable in the legislation and the limitations of the relevant statutory test. The past community uses submitted in the nomination are deemed to be ancillary uses (i.e. types of use that are subordinate and secondary) when set in the context of the primary use of the building as a place of religious worship. To satisfy the statutory test the relevant community use must not be an ancillary use of the property. For this reason the nomination fails the statutory test at Section 88(2)(a) of the Localism Act 2011. |
ACVR12 |
Freeland Methodist Church
Wroslyn Road
Freeland
Witney
OX29 8HJ
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30/01/2018 | In terms of the uses of the building in the recent past, Freeland Methodist Church cannot be listed as an Asset of Community Value as it does not fall within the scope allowable in the legislation and the limitations of the relevant statutory test. The past community uses submitted in the nomination are deemed to be ancillary uses (i.e. types of use that are subordinate and secondary) when set in the context of the primary use of the building as a place of religious worship. To satisfy the statutory test the relevant community use must not be an ancillary use of the property. For this reason the nomination fails the statutory test at Section 88(2)(a) of the Localism Act 2011. |
ACVR13 |
Carpenters Arms
Now known as: The Cinnamon Stick Restaurant 122 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxon OX7 7DA |
26/07/2018 | Insufficient evidence to satisfy the assessment as to whether the property furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community and thereby meets the definition of an Asset of Community Value as set out in the statutory tests at Section 88(1) (a) and (b) of the Localism Act 2011. |
ACVR14 |
Building/land to the rear of:
8-10 Market Square Witney Oxfordshire OX28 6BB (Property referred to as The Rock Barn) |
26/09/2018 | The nominated building/land does not satisfy both parts of the relevant statutory test in the Localism Act 2011 at Section 88(1)(a) and (b). Specifically, the nomination fails the realism of future use test at Section 88(1)(b). |
ACVR15 |
The Hand and Shears, Church Hanborough, Witney, OX29 8AB
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13/10/2020 | Insufficient evidence to satisfy the assessment as to whether the property furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community and thereby meets the definition of an Asset of Community Value as set out in the statutory tests at Section 88(1) (a) and (b) of the Localism Act 2011. |