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.

Assets of Community Value Nomination Form - pdf - 325 Kb

Assets of Community Value Guidance Notes - pdf - 143 Kb

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:

Expression of Interest Form for Assets of Community Value - pdf - 75 Kb

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
ACV1 to ACV17	Entries removed
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 (Title Number: ON343805)	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
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 The Green Cassington Oxfordshire OX29 4DN Land Registry Title Number: ON296952	28/01/2021	27/01/2026
ACV26				Entry removed due to relevant disposal.
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
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

List of unsuccessful nominations

Ref	Property address	Date of decision	Reason for decision
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	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).
ACVR15	The Hand and Shears, Church Hanborough, Witney, OX29 8AB	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.