English pubs given protected status

[dipsydoodle]

A hundred pubs in England have been given special protected status to stop them being closed down and sold off for redevelopment.

The chosen venues will be revealed on Tuesday by Brandon Lewis, community pubs minister, at the Great British Beer Festival at the London Olympia.

The 100 pubs have been given Assets of Community Value (ACV) status with their local councils, which means the pub can't be sold on without the local community being told. It grants councils greater powers to refuse planning applications from developers and gives the community up to six months to put in a bid to buy the pub should it be put up for sale.

That's exactly what residents in the West Yorkshire village of Holywell Green are hoping to do with their local, the Holy Well Inn, which has been declared an ACV.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/12/england-pubs-special-protected-status

[Oakenshield]

1. Assets of Community Value...

I like that. We could some of that here. Starting with our aquifers. Probably doesn't work that way though. >.<

[T_i_B]

2. A bigger issue here is PubCo reform

The likes of Punch & Enterprise Inns have not done a good job of managing their pub estates, which is causing all sorts of problems for tied tenants and leading to many community pubs being sold off. Here's the link for the Fair deal 4 Your Local Campaign. http://www.fairdealforyourlocal.com/

I have to admit that I tend to drink much more in free houses, brewpubs and the like much more then tied houses these days. But then I'm very fortunate to live in an area which is very good indeed for good beer and good pubs.