Community Assets

The Council recognises the vital role that community assets play at the heart of their local communities and the invaluable role they have in achieving the Council's corporate outcomes set out in the Borough Plan. We want to work with you to make this happen.

This page is for anyone who is interested in leasing buildings or land from Cheshire West and Chester Council for community benefit. This is known as Community Asset Transfer (CAT) and is defined more fully as:

A community asset is defined as:

• A community asset is one which plays a role in the local community, or maybe has in the past or is capable of providing either services or contributes to the local environment.
• A community asset may be a building, a piece of land or a provision that is used and beneficial to our residents to improve the quality of community life.
• These assets could include but not limited to community centres, play areas, public conveniences, managed green space.
• A community asset must make a contribution to the community for social wellbeing, cultural, recreational or sporting interests of the local place.

An asset cannot be considered a community asset where it forms part of the Council's corporate estate, is required for the delivery of the Council's direct services or statutory services or is of strategic value to the Council in the delivery of its Corporate Objectives and the Borough Plan.

There is a guidance that supports this process which outlines how the Council will work with the community to meet the Council's vision to deliver a better integrated public service across the borough by creating efficient and fit for purpose community assets.

Supporting documents

Current Community Asset Transfer opportunities

There are no opportunities at this time.