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:
For more information on Assets of Community Value and the Community Right to Bid please refer to:
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:
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 | The Carpenter's Arms 122 North Street Middle Barton Chipping Norton Oxon OX7 7DA |
27/06/2013 | 26/06/2018 | Date notice of intention to sell received: 27/06/2013 (Effective date as disposal notification received in advance of listing date) End date for interim moratorium: 08/08/2013 Date full moratorium triggered: 01/08/2013 Full moratorium triggered by: Steeple Barton Parish Council End date for full moratorium: 26/12/2014 Protected period ends: 26/12/2014 Further notice received of intent to sell: 25/11/2014 Interim moratorium end date: 06/01/2015 Potential protected period end date: 24/05/2016 |
| ACV3 | Entry removed | |||
| ACV4 | The Saddlers Arms New Yatt Witney Oxon OX29 6TF |
10/04/2014 | 09/04/2019 | Date notice of intention to sell received: 28/04/2014 End date for interim moratorium: 09/06/2014 Date full moratorium triggered: 04/06/2014 Full moratorium triggered by: Hailey Parish Council End date for full moratorium: 27/10/2014 Protected period ends: 27/10/2015 |
| ACV5 | The Red Lion The Square Aston Bampton Oxon OX18 2DL |
10/04/2014 | 09/04/2019 | Date notice of intention to sell received:19/03/2015 End date for interim moratorium: 29/04/2015 Date full moratorium triggered: 15/04/2015 Full moratorium triggered by: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney Parish Council End date for full moratorium: 16/09/2015 Protected period ends: 16/09/2016 |
| 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. |
