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
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.
| Property address | Date of decision to list |
Date listing will expire (5 years) |
Current status |
|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Rose & Crown Shilton Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4AB |
17/08/2020 | 16/08/2025 | |
| 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 |
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Cassington Allotments Land Registry Title Number: ON296952 |
28/01/2021 | 27/01/2026 | |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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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The Hand and Shears, Church Hanborough, Witney, OX29 8AB |
07/08/2024 |
06/08/2029 |
Date of receipt of disposal notice: 1 October 2024 Full Moratorium End Date: 31 March 2025 Protected Period ends: 31 March 2026 |
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The Plough Inn, Main Road, Alvescot, OX182PU |
06/02/2025 |
05/02/2030 |
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The Five Alls, Filkins, Lechlade, OX14 4RZ |
27/02/2025 |
26/02/2030 |
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List of unsuccessful nominations
| Ref | Property address | Date of decision | Reason for decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |