Right to bid for assets of community value

What is eligible to be nominated as an Asset of Community Value?

To be listed as an ACV a building or piece of land must:

• be used, or recently used, primarily to further the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community
• be able to do so in the future

Social interests include cultural, recreational and sporting interests.

The community right to bid could be used to nominate land and buildings such as local shops, public houses, former schools, swimming pools and public open space. These might currently be owned by the local authority or another public body, but they could also be owned by a private company or an individual

Who can nominate

Community organisations with a local connection can nominate land and buildings as ACVs, this includes parish councils, neighbourhood forums, and not-for-private-profit organisations.  Un-constituted community groups can also nominate assets if that have at least 21 members.

A local connection means that the group’s activities are wholly or partly concerned with the area, or with a neighbouring council’s area.

How to nominate an asset

To nominate an asset, please download and complete the nomination form. 

The nomination must include the following information:

• a description of the land or building being nominated, including its boundaries
• as much information that the community group holds about the names of current occupants of the land and the names and current or last-known addresses of all those holding a freehold or leasehold interest in the land
• the community group's reasons for thinking that the land or building is of community value
• evidence that the community group meets the criteria for making a nomination (see 'who can nominate’ above)

Once complete, email it to [email protected]

You can also post the completed form to:

Assets of Community Value, Policy and Projects, Innovation and Change, Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP