FAO
Melanie Todd
SENT VIA EMAIL
melanietodd@me.com
Date:
29 March 2016
Dear Sirs,
The Beacon Pub, 100-101 Greens Place, South Shields – S91 (2) Notice of Listing
The Council received your application for the above property to be included on the Council Schedule of Assets of Community Value.
Having considered the application the Council is of the opinion that the property should be included in the Schedule for the following reasons;-
• The use of the building in the recent past, furthered the social wellbeing/social interest of the local community;
• The claimed use is not an ancillary one;
• It is realistic to think that the community use will continue or resume in the next 5 years.
Under the provisions of Clause 91 [2] of the Localism Act the Council is obliged to notify the owner of the nominating party for this property of its intention to include the property in the Schedule. The owner/occupier has 8 weeks from receipt of their letter to respond to the Council setting out why they consider that the property should not be included in the Schedule.
The Council will consider the reasons for the objection to the property being included in the Schedule and will notify them within 8 weeks of their letter being received whether or not it still intends to include the property in the Schedule.
The Council must list land if it considers the land is “of community value”. Land is of community value if:
in the opinion of the authority—
(a) an actual current use of the building or other land that is not an ancillary use furthers the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community, and
(b) it 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 social wellbeing or social interests of the local community.
OR
if in the opinion of the local authority—
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(a) there is a time in the recent past when an actual use of the building or other land that was not an ancillary use furthered the social wellbeing or interests of the local community, and
(b) it is realistic to think that there is 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 social wellbeing or social interests of the local community.
A request for a listing review must be made within eight weeks from the date of this letter. The Council will consider the reasons for the objection to the property being included in the Schedule and will notify them within 8 weeks of their letter being received whether or not it still intends to include the property in the Schedule.
I enclose guidance published by Department of Communities and Local Government dated October 2012 and the Assets of Community Value (England) Regulations 2012 for further information.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours faithfully
Pamela McGorie MRICS BSc(Hons)