Assets of Community Value & the Community Right to Bid

Community Right to Bid

In neighbourhoods across the country there are buildings and amenities that are important to the communities that use them. For example this could be a village shop, a pub, a community centre or a library.

The Localism Act introduces a Community Right to Bid for Assets of Value to the Community. The aim is to ensure that buildings and amenities can be kept in public use and remain an integral part of community life.The Community Right to Bid allows local groups to nominate buildings and land that they consider is of value to the community to be included on a local authority maintained list.

If any of the assets on the list are put up for sale, the group is given a window of opportunity to express an interest in purchasing the asset, and another window of opportunity to bid to buy the asset.

If the council decide to list the building as an asset of community value, this does not mean that a sale can be forced. However, if and when the owner does decide to sell, a local group can use the Community Right to Bid to pause the sale for up to six months in order to organise a local bid to buy it.

Community Right to Bid [33.33KB]

Nominating a building

The first step is to nominate the building or facility you'd be interested in bidding for as an asset of community value using the nomination form.

Assets of Community Value Nomination Form [72KB]

For more information on the Community Right to Bid, visit GOV.UK.

Buildings and land that have already been listed

We've listed these buildings or facilities as assets of community value:

Asset of community value

Building or facility	Location	Nominated by
The Church Room Map of The Church Room Burmarsh [389.49KB]	Church Road, Burmarsh, Romney Marsh	Burmarsh Parish Council
Littlestone Warren Golf Club Clubhouse and adjacent tennis courts	Littlestone	The Friends of Romney Warren. Protected period invoked lasting until 17 August 2022.
Dance Easy	19 The Bayle, Folkestone	Moratorium period triggered by community interest group, lasting until 9 September 2021
The Leas Lift Map of The Leas Lift [164.39KB]	Folkestone	The Leas Lift Community Interest Company

For the latest list of assets of community value, download the document below.

List of Assets of Community Value September 2021 [144.99KB]

Unsuccessful nominations

Details of buildings or land that have been nominated as assets of community value, but not listed are contained in the list of unsuccessful nominations.

List of Unsuccessful Nominations for Asset of Community Value [135.19KB]