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Campaigning for real ale, pubs & drinkers' rights since 1971.
Other organisations to contact: Government Funded “My Community Rights” Website: http://mycommunity.org.uk/ Helpline: 0845 345 4564 The Plunkett Foundation: The Plunkett Foundation helps communities buy and run their local pub under community ownership and operates a Co-operative Pubs Advice Line. Details of how to contact the Plunkett Foundation can be found here - http://www.plunkett.co.uk/ Advice Line: 01993 810730 Pub is the Hub: www.pubisthehub.org.uk/ Where can I go for more advice and support? CAMRA JOIN CAMRA: By joining CAMRA you will actively be helping to support your local pubs as well as being able to enjoy a range of membership benefits. Join online at: https://join.camra.org.uk/ Further advice and resources: www.camra.org.uk/listyourlocal Advice on community ownership: http://www.camra.org.uk/ community-right-to-buy For other queries please contact CAMRA’s Campaigns Team – acv@camra.org.uk/ 01727 798 449 Government Funded “My Community Rights” Website: http://mycommunity.org.uk/ Helpline: 0845 345 4564 The Plunkett Foundation: The Plunkett Foundation helps communities buy and run their local pub under community ownership and operates a Co-operative Pubs Advice Line. Details of how to contact the Plunkett Foundation can be found here - http://www.plunkett.co.uk/ Advice Line: 01993 810730 Pub is the Hub: www.pubisthehub.org.uk/ local people, as a Parish Council, or in connection with a local group including CAMRA Branches. • Go to your Council website and look up the section on Assets of Community Value or Right to Bid. Here you can download a nomination form (or if there isn’t one available CAMRA provides a template) • Fill in the form with as much detail as you can on why the pub should be classified as a community asset. • If nominating as an Unincorporated Group, demonstrate that at least 21 people from the local community support the listing of the pub. • Check your local Council website to see where the nomination needs to be submitted. Many Councils have produced guidance explaining how they are accepting nominations. • Request a r eceipt from the Council to acknowledge they have received the form as planning protection will be granted at the point of nomination. Getting 21 people together – it’s easier than you might think! Here are a few ideas on getting to that magic number of 21: • V isit the pub you hope to list and ask the regulars to add their name • V isit a local beer festival and collect signatures • Ask your family and friends • Engage with other local gr oups in the area • Launch a petition to list your local using 38 Degrees and gather signatures online: http://tinyurl.com/savepubs You will only need to gather support from 21 people if nominating as an Unincorporated Body. If you love your local pub and think it adds value to your community, you can apply for it to be registered as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) to give it extra protection from developers (England Only). Without ACV status developers can convert local pubs to a wide range of retail uses or even demolish them without applying for planning permission, denying local people a say. Make sure your voice is heard by nominating your local pub as an ACV today. What happens if a registered pub is up for sale? As well as protecting your local pub from demolition or change of use without a planning application, ACV registration provides the opportunity for the community to bid for the pub. If the owner of a registered pub wishes to sell to a property developer, a six-week interim moratorium period kicks in and the Council will tell you. If during this time your local community group decides it would like to consider bidding to take the pub on, you can trigger a full moratorium period of six months – which will give you time to raise finance, develop a business plan and make a bid to buy the asset on the open market. It’s important to stress that if you put your name to listing a pub, you will be under absolutely no obligation to bid to buy the pub in the future. Nominating a pub and securing support from the community demonstrates that it is important to the local area. In addition: • ACV status means planning permission will be required for the pub to be converted to any other use or demolished • A sale of an ACV pub to a developer can be delayed for up to six months while the community explore options to keep the pub open • Pr operty developers who want to avoid a contentious planning application may be dissuaded from buying an ACV listed pub. How do I nominate a pub? To nominate your local as an Asset of Community Value, all you need to do is follow these simple steps: • Decide who you ar e nominating on behalf of. You can either nominate as an unincorporated group of 21 Why nominate my local? Nominating Pubs as Assets of Community Value

The ACV Challenge - James Watson (ELAC’s Pubs Preservation

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Campaigning for real ale, pubs & drinkers' rights since 1971.
Other organisations to contact: Government Funded “My Community Rights” Website: http://mycommunity.org.uk/ Helpline: 0845 345 4564 The Plunkett Foundation: The Plunkett Foundation helps communities buy and run their local pub under community ownership and operates a Co-operative Pubs Advice Line. Details of how to contact the Plunkett Foundation can be found here - http://www.plunkett.co.uk/ Advice Line: 01993 810730 Pub is the Hub: www.pubisthehub.org.uk/ Where can I go for more advice and support? CAMRA JOIN CAMRA: By joining CAMRA you will actively be helping to support your local pubs as well as being able to enjoy a range of membership benefits. Join online at: https://join.camra.org.uk/ Further advice and resources: www.camra.org.uk/listyourlocal Advice on community ownership: http://www.camra.org.uk/ community-right-to-buy For other queries please contact CAMRA’s Campaigns Team – acv@camra.org.uk/ 01727 798 449 Government Funded “My Community Rights” Website: http://mycommunity.org.uk/ Helpline: 0845 345 4564 The Plunkett Foundation: The Plunkett Foundation helps communities buy and run their local pub under community ownership and operates a Co-operative Pubs Advice Line. Details of how to contact the Plunkett Foundation can be found here - http://www.plunkett.co.uk/ Advice Line: 01993 810730 Pub is the Hub: www.pubisthehub.org.uk/ local people, as a Parish Council, or in connection with a local group including CAMRA Branches. • Go to your Council website and look up the section on Assets of Community Value or Right to Bid. Here you can download a nomination form (or if there isn’t one available CAMRA provides a template) • Fill in the form with as much detail as you can on why the pub should be classified as a community asset. • If nominating as an Unincorporated Group, demonstrate that at least 21 people from the local community support the listing of the pub. • Check your local Council website to see where the nomination needs to be submitted. Many Councils have produced guidance explaining how they are accepting nominations. • Request a r eceipt from the Council to acknowledge they have received the form as planning protection will be granted at the point of nomination. Getting 21 people together – it’s easier than you might think! Here are a few ideas on getting to that magic number of 21: • V isit the pub you hope to list and ask the regulars to add their name • V isit a local beer festival and collect signatures • Ask your family and friends • Engage with other local gr oups in the area • Launch a petition to list your local using 38 Degrees and gather signatures online: http://tinyurl.com/savepubs You will only need to gather support from 21 people if nominating as an Unincorporated Body. If you love your local pub and think it adds value to your community, you can apply for it to be registered as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) to give it extra protection from developers (England Only). Without ACV status developers can convert local pubs to a wide range of retail uses or even demolish them without applying for planning permission, denying local people a say. Make sure your voice is heard by nominating your local pub as an ACV today. What happens if a registered pub is up for sale? As well as protecting your local pub from demolition or change of use without a planning application, ACV registration provides the opportunity for the community to bid for the pub. If the owner of a registered pub wishes to sell to a property developer, a six-week interim moratorium period kicks in and the Council will tell you. If during this time your local community group decides it would like to consider bidding to take the pub on, you can trigger a full moratorium period of six months – which will give you time to raise finance, develop a business plan and make a bid to buy the asset on the open market. It’s important to stress that if you put your name to listing a pub, you will be under absolutely no obligation to bid to buy the pub in the future. Nominating a pub and securing support from the community demonstrates that it is important to the local area. In addition: • ACV status means planning permission will be required for the pub to be converted to any other use or demolished • A sale of an ACV pub to a developer can be delayed for up to six months while the community explore options to keep the pub open • Pr operty developers who want to avoid a contentious planning application may be dissuaded from buying an ACV listed pub. How do I nominate a pub? To nominate your local as an Asset of Community Value, all you need to do is follow these simple steps: • Decide who you ar e nominating on behalf of. You can either nominate as an unincorporated group of 21 Why nominate my local? Nominating Pubs as Assets of Community Value
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The ACV

Challenge -

James Watson

(ELAC’s Pubs

Preservation

Officer)

Assets of Community Value (ACVs) have been with us for three years now and there are 879 pubs listed in England, including around 90 in the Greater London Region. Many people are fixated with the "community right to bid" aspect and somehow feel that they will be obliged to raise funds to buy a pub. Although this is possible, it is highly unlikely. There are only two community- owned pubs in London which have gone down this route - The Ivy House and The Antwerp Arms. The other 88 were nominated primarily to achieve a planning purpose. A good example is The Chesham Arms in Hackney whose ACV status helped to save it from conversion to flats. It is still in the same ownership but the ACV registration was deployed as a tool to safeguard its long-term survival as a pub. Since April 2015, planning law has changed. When pubs are nominated as ACV, their permitted development rights for demolition and change of use are removed. This is very useful to us as it brings change of use and demolition under planning control. Also since the start of 2015, it has been possible for CAMRA branches to submit nominations for ACV status, without the need to collect 21 signatures or to form an association. CAMRA is a limited company which does not distribute a surplus to its members. This makes us eligible to put ACV nominations in as CAMRA Ltd, exploiting our branch structure to demonstrate a local connection. Nominating your treasured local has never been easier and it now provides meaningful planning protection. Our colleagues at HQ have a dedicated online survey tool to make the application process efficient. It really is as simple as ACV! The process is: 1. Identify a pub (or pubs) in the local area that you believe would be a great loss of converted to alternative use 2. Obtain the permission of the ELAC Branch Chairman (Kim Scott) or deputy (John Pardoe) to submit this nomination as ELAC 3. Use the online Survey Monkey form to complete the questionnaire on the pub: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FJMTNFX 4. HQ staff will check the info, download (and pay for!) the Land Registry documents, and email all the forms back to you. 5. You then take the form to the Town Hall or email to the Council in question, being sure to obtain a receipt! The Council has 8 weeks in which to make a decision. You will be notified when your pub is added to the register. It is a good idea to speak to the licensee / publican so the notification does not come as a shock. Most publicans see registration as a badge of honour. The pub will receive a certificate from the government, and a "This Pub Matters" pack from CAMRA. Don't delay - List Your Local Today.