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)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/20/section/86FLocalism 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 Participation2026-07-24Localism Act 2011s. 158(8)-(9B)Housing and Planning Act 2016s. 121(2)(e)s. 216(3)PART 5Community empowermentChapter 2AAssets of community value (England)List of assets of community value
86FNotice of inclusion or removal(1)

Subsection (2) applies where in accordance with this Chapter land—

(a)

is included in, or

(b)

removed from,

a local authority’s list of assets of community value.

(2)

The authority must if reasonably practicable give written notice of the inclusion or removal to the following persons—

(a)

the owner of the land,

(b)

the occupier of the land if the occupier is not also the owner,

(c)

if the land was included in the list in response to a community nomination, the person who made the nomination, and

(d)

any person specified, or of a description specified, in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(3)

A notice under subsection (2) of inclusion of land in the list must describe the provision made by and under this Chapter, drawing particular attention to—

(a)

the consequences for the land and its owner of the land’s inclusion in the list, and

(b)

the right to ask for review under section 86H.

(4)

A notice under subsection (2) of removal of land from the list must state the reasons for the removal.

(5)

Where land is to be removed from a local authority’s list of assets of community value, any notice given under subsection (2) must be given at least six months before the date on which it is to be removed.