Section 86Q Publicising receipt of notice under section 86M(1)F1

(1)

This section applies if a local authority receives notice under section 86M(1) in respect of land included in the authority’s list of assets of community value.

(2)

The authority must cause the entry in the list for the land to reveal—

(a)

that notice under section 86M(1) has been received in respect of the land,

(b)

the date when the authority received the notice, and

(c)

the end of the permitted sale period and the notification period that apply under section 86M or 86N as a result of the notice.

(3)

If the land is included in the list in response to a community nomination, the authority must give written notice to the person who made the nomination of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a), (b) and (c).

(4)

The authority must also give written notice of those matters to—

(a)

any Member of Parliament whose Parliamentary constituency includes any part of the land;

(b)

the councillor or councillors for any electoral area or areas in which the land or any part of it is situated.

(5)

The authority must make arrangements for those matters to be publicised in the area where the land is situated.

(6)

Any requirement on a local authority under this section must be met before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day of receipt by the local authority of the notice under section 86M(1).

(7)

In this section—

“councillor” means a member of—
1. (a)
  a local authority,
2. (b)
  a county council for an area for which there are district councils, or
3. (c)
  a parish council;
“electoral area” means any electoral division or ward or (in the case of a parish for which there are no wards) the parish.

Annotations

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)