Assets can be nominated by voluntary and community bodies and groups of local residents.
This can include:
- parish councils
- neighbourhood forums
- unconstituted community groups of at least 21 individuals who are registered on the electoral roll for Ealing
- not-for-private-profit organisations, for example charities
In order to be classed as having a ‘local connection’, the organisation’s activities must be wholly or partly concerned with the area or with a neighbouring authority’s area.
Before you start
Before nominating an asset, the organisation should think about whether it meets the definition of an asset of community value as defined by the law.
In summary, a building or other land is an asset of community value if its main use furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community, and it is realistic to believe this use could continue in the future. If the building is not currently used in this way, it may still be classed as an asset of community value if it did have such a use in the recent past.
Social interests include cultural, recreational and sporting interests.
Certain assets are exempt from being listed, for example residential properties.
For details on how Ealing Council processes personal data, read our privacy notice
You will need
- description of land or asset
- current owner and address (if known)
- copy of land registry entry (if one exists)
- reason for nomination
- evidence of nominator eligibility
Uploading supporting documents
You will be asked to upload some documents. For example, a site plan and other documents that support your application.
- accepted file types: Word (doc, docx), Acrobat (pdf), OpenDocument text (odt) Plain text (txt, rtf)
- we also accept photos taken on phones and tablets and the following image file types: bmp, gif, jpeg, png
- Zip and Excel (xls) files cannot be uploaded
What happens next
We will make a decision within 8 weeks.
If we decide that the application meets the criteria and has been nominated by an eligible organisation, it will be added to the community asset list.
Unsuccessful nominations are also listed online.
Filling in the form
This form should take about 10 minutes to complete.
The form cannot be saved and each page will time out after 20 minutes. If you think you will need more time, prepare your answers before you start the form. This helps make sure your information is not lost.
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