Due to the distinct nature of Council assets and proposals received, this list is not exhaustive and merely acts as a guide.
For more details, please see: Community Management of Assets Policy and Procedure.
| Group’s Requirement | Example |
CMA Arrangement |
Level of Responsibility | Initial Point of Contact | CMA Enquiry Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hire of a room or area of land for a specific event or activity, for a limited period. | Group hires part of a library for a day to hold a presentation to the local community |
Hourly / Daily hire (at less than normal charge rate) |
Very low - Group responsible for using the space and equipment as per terms of hire. | Venues | Individual Service will progress enquiry. |
| Permission to use Council owned building or land for a specific period of time. | Group obtain permission to use Council owned land to allow residents to grow food on. |
Licence to occupy (at less than normal charge rate) |
Low - Group responsible for use of asset as per terms of licence. |
(Select your Ward Forum for contact details.) |
CAFM will progress enquiry via Route 1 (see appendix 2b) |
| Rental of a part or the whole of a building or land from a few months potentially up to 25 years for more simple projects. | Group rents a Council owned building and / or land to deliver sports activities and develop facilities for wider community benefit, requiring moderate capital funding. | Short lease or tenancy | Medium to high - if the group is taking a whole asset, then all maintenance, repair and management responsibility transfers to the community group. If it was only part then the group would become directly responsible for the internal maintenance and repair of the building, plus a service charge to cover the cost of the upkeep of common areas. |
(Select your Ward Forum for contact details.) |
CAFM will progress enquiry via Route 1 (see appendix 2b) |
| Longer term arrangement (over 25 years) of a whole building or more substantial area of land, to enable delivery of a more complex project requiring resource and capital investment. | Charity leases a Council owned building to run a community centre offering services to the wider community. | Long lease / Community Asset Transfer | Very high – All maintenance, repair and management responsibility for the asset transfers to the community group. |
(Select your Ward Forum for contact details.) |
CAFM will progress enquiry via Route 2 (see appendices 2c & 2d) |