Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive

The report sets out a nomination to list the Newboult Road allotment site, Cheadle as an Asset of Community Value under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

The Area Committee is requested to make a formal decision as to  whether under the terms of the Community Right to Bid, the Newboult Road allotment site is an asset of community value or not, and the rationale for reaching that decision.

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A representative of the Democratic Services Manager submitted a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (copies of which had been circulated) setting out a nomination from the Newboult Road Allotment Association to list the Newboult Road allotment site, Cheadle as an Asset of Community Value under the provisions of the Localism Act 2012.

The Area Committee was advised that the Community Right to Bid was one of the community rights derived from the Localism Act 2012. The Right provided for voluntary and community organisations with a local connection to nominate an asset (land and buildings) for inclusion on a list of community assets. Should a listed asset come up for sale, voluntary and community organisations would have a chance to delay a sale by up to six months in order to prepare a bid to buy the asset.

The Area Committee considered the information provided in Section 3 of the report and it was then :-

RESOLVED -  That the Newboult Road Allotment Site (‘the Asset’) be listed as an Asset of Community Value as the Asset’s main use (i.e. not ancillary) has recently been or is presently being used to further the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community and could reasonably do so in the future i.e. within the next five years.