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Make it easier to add places to the Register of Assets of Community Value #22

Open amcewen opened 8 years ago

amcewen commented 8 years ago

This idea is wholesale stolen from Richard Pope's idea - http://blog.memespring.co.uk/2015/10/13/this-place-is-ours/

“This Place Is Ours” is the working name for an app that helps people club together to protect their local pub, skate-park, village hall or park by adding it to the Register of Assets of Community Value.

The Localism Act 2011 and associated regulations require local authorities to maintain a list of assets of community value.

An asset of community value is a building or bit of land that “furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community”

Assets get added to the register when they are either nominated by a constituted local group (like a parish council) or when 21 people (who must be registered voters in the same borough) club together.

Once added to the register, the asset is subject to stricter planning regulations (eg a supermarket wanting to convert a pub will need full planning permission) and the local group may apply for a 6 month period to attempt to buy the asset if it is proposed to be sold.

It feels like it might work as part of a response to http://www.sevenstreets.com/other-side-of-independents-dale-street-liverpool/

amcewen commented 5 years ago

I see MySociety has done some work on this with https://www.keepitinthecommunity.org/ although so far it's only a snapshot of data, rather than an easier way to get things on the register. It does show some local assets of community value though, which is good to see.