PART 5 E+W Community empowerment

[F1 Chapter 2A E+W Assets of community value (England)

Textual Amendments

F1 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)

List of assets of community value E+W

86G Requirements of local authorities: sporting assets of community value E+W

(1) Where a local authority includes land in its list of assets of community value in accordance with section 86D(1)(a) or (b), the authority must—

(a) consider whether the land is a sporting asset of community value, and

(b) if it considers it is, include the land in the category of the list for sporting assets of community value.

(2) A local authority must—

(a) by the end of the initial review period, and

(b) as soon as reasonably practicable after each review date,

consider whether there is any land in its area (whether or not already in its list of assets of community value) which in the opinion of the authority falls within subsection (3).

(3) Land falls within this subsection if it is both—

(a) land of community value, and

(b) a sporting asset of community value.

(4) Where land falls within subsection (3), the local authority must—

(a) include the land in its list of assets of community value (if not already so included), and

(b) include the land in the category of the list for sporting assets of community value.

(5) A local authority must if reasonably practicable notify each interested person in writing where land is included in the category of the list of assets of community value for sporting assets of community value.

(6) A notice under subsection (5) must draw attention to—

(a) the consequences for the land and its owner of the land’s inclusion in that category of the list for sporting assets of community value,

(b) the right to ask for a review under section 86H of the inclusion of the land in that category of the list, and

(c) the ability for land falling within section 86B(3) in relation to a sporting asset of community value to be included in the list of assets of community value.

(7) In this section—

• “initial review period” means the period of six months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force;

• “interested person” in relation to land means—

  (a)

  the owner of the land,

  (b)

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

  (c)

  if the land was included in the list of assets of community value in response to a community nomination, the person who made the nomination;

• “review date” means the end of the period of five years beginning with—

  (a)

  for the purposes of calculating the first review date, the end of the initial review period;

  (b)

  for the purposes of calculating each subsequent review date, the previous review date.]