West Oxfordshire District Council

Community rights

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 purpose of the Community Right to Bid is to assist local community groups to preserve buildings or land which are of importance to their community's social well-being. The Right to Bid provision does this through regulating that 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/town council or a voluntary or community body with a local connection. The nomination must include certain information – please use:

Assets of Community Value – nomination form

For more information on Assets of Community Value and the Community Right to Bid please refer to:

Assets of Community Value - guidance notes

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 6 weeks of our receipt of the owner's notification of their planned sale. Please complete and return:

Expression of interest/intention to bid for an asset of community value form

If we do not receive a request within 6 weeks, the owner can proceed with the sale/lease. If we do receive a request, the owner cannot sell or lease the land for 6 months (as explained in the Assets of Community Value - guidance notes), 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 contains details of 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
ACV1	Entry removed
ACV2	Entry removed
ACV3	Entry removed
ACV4	Entry removed
ACV5	Entry removed
ACV6	Entry removed
ACV7	The Cock Inn The Green Combe Witney OX29 8NT	01/08/2014	31/07/2019
ACV8	The Langdale Hall Langdale Gate Market Square Witney Oxon OX28 6AB	17/12/2014	16/12/2019	Date of notice of intention to sell: 17/12/2014 (Effective date as sale underway at the date of the listing decision) End date for interim moratorium: 27/01/2015 Date full moratorium triggered: 26/01/2015 Full moratorium triggered by: Witney & District Museum End date for full moratorium: 16/06/2015 Protected period ends: 16/06/2016
ACV9	The Harcourt Arms Main Road Stanton Harcourt Witney Oxon OX29 5RJ	21/01/2015	20/01/2020
ACV10	Long Hanborough - public open space adjacent to Riely Close (incorporating skate park and BMX facility) Land Registry Title Number ON284881	20/02/2015	19/02/2020
ACV11	The Bull Inn Sheep Street Charlbury, Chipping Norton OX7 3RR	02/04/2015	01/04/2020
ACV12	The Hand and Shears Church Hanborough Oxfordshire OX29 8AB	27/05/2015	26/05/2020
ACV13	Entry removed
ACV14	Fulbrook Play Park Meadow End Fulbrook Burford OX18 4BQ	29/07/2015	28/07/2020
ACV15	The White Horse The Ridings Stonesfield Oxfordshire OX29 8EA	11/01/2016	10/01/2021	Note: the Asset of Community Value listing relates to the Public House only and does not include the former function room of The White Horse that is now a completed new residential dwelling known as The Stables, The Ridings, Stonesfield OX29 8EA
ACV16	Entry removed
ACV17	The Falkland Arms 19 - 21 The Green Great Tew Oxfordshire OX7 4DB	01/06/2016	31/05/2021
ACV18	Swinbrook Road Allotments Kilkenny Lane Carterton Oxfordshire OX18 1DT	30/01/2018	29/01/2023
ACV19	Gardiner Arms 93 Medcroft Road Tackley Oxfordshire OX5 3AH	10/05/2018	09/05/2023

List of unsuccessful nominations

Ref	Property address	Date of decision	Reason for decision
ACVR1	Carpenters Arms Fulbrook Burford OX18 4BH	29/07/2015	Insufficient information to satisfy the assessment as to whether the property furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community.
ACVR2	Land west of Fruitlands Eynsham	27/01/2016	The nominated land is not of community value within the meaning set out in the legislation. The relevant test in the Localism Act at Section 88(2)(b) is not satisfied. The test concerns the realism of future use that would further the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community.
ACVR3	Standlake Post Office and Stores 19 High Street Standlake OX29 7RH	24/02/2016	Nomination withdrawn
ACVR4	The Bell Inn 21 High Street Standlake Witney OX29 7RH	24/02/2016	Nomination withdrawn
ACVR5	The Black Horse 81 High Street Standlake OX29 7RH	24/02/2016	Nomination withdrawn
ACVR6	Oxford Downs Cricket Club Abingdon Road Standlake Oxfordshire	24/02/2016	Nomination withdrawn
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	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	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).