http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/20/section/86BLocalism Act 2011An Act to make provision about the functions and procedures of local and certain other authorities; to make provision about the functions of the Commission for Local Administration in England; to enable the recovery of financial sanctions imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the United Kingdom from local and public authorities; to make provision about local government finance; to make provision about town and country planning, the Community Infrastructure Levy and the authorisation of nationally significant infrastructure projects; to make provision about social and other housing; to make provision about regeneration in London; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-08-02Expert Participation2026-07-24 Localism Act 2011s. 158(8)-(9B)Housing and Planning Act 2016s. 121(2)(e)s. 216(3) PART 5 Chapter 2A86B1For the purposes of this Chapter but subject to regulations under subsection (4), a building or other land in a local authority’s area is land of community value if in the opinion of the authority—aan actual current use of the building or other land that is not an ancillary use furthers the economic or social wellbeing or economic or social interests of the local community, andbit is realistic to think that there can continue to be non-ancillary use of the building or other land which will further (whether or not in the same way) the economic or social wellbeing or economic or social interests of the local community.2For the purposes of this Chapter but subject to regulations under subsection (4), a building or other land in a local authority’s area that is not land of community value as a result of subsection (1) is land of community value if in the opinion of the local authority—athere was a time in the past when an actual use of the building or other land that was not an ancillary use furthered the economic or social wellbeing or economic or social interests of the local community, andbit is realistic to think that there will be a time in the next five years when there could be non-ancillary use of the building or other land that would further (whether or not in the same way as before) the economic or social wellbeing or economic or social interests of the local community.3For the purposes of this Chapter but subject to regulations under subsection (4), a building or other land in a local authority’s area is land of community value if in the opinion of the authority an actual current use of the building or other land provides support for the use of other land as a sporting asset of community value (see section 86C).4The Secretary of State may by regulations—aprovide that a building or other land is not land of community value if the building or other land is specified in the regulations or is of a description specified in the regulations;bprovide that a building or other land in a local authority’s area is not land of community value if the local authority or some other person specified in the regulations considers that the building or other land is of a description specified in the regulations.5A description specified under subsection (4) may be framed by reference to such matters as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.6In relation to any land, those matters include (in particular)—athe owner of any estate or interest in any of the land or in other land;bany occupier of any of the land or of other land;cthe nature of any estate or interest in any of the land or in other land;dany use to which any of the land or other land has been, is being or could be put;estatutory provisions, or things done under statutory provisions, that have effect (or do not have effect) in relation to—iany of the land or other land, oriiany of the matters within paragraphs (a) to (d);fany price, or value for any purpose, of any of the land or other land.7In this section—“social interests” includes (in particular) each of the following—cultural interests;recreational interests;sporting interests;“statutory provision” means a provision of—an Act, oran instrument made under an Act.Pt. 5 Ch. 2A inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(6), Sch. 31 para. 1 (with Sch. 31 para. 2)