| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:21 Random Names Won't Swing It | |
| Posted by: | John Cameron | |
| Date/Time: | 12/08/19 12:23:00 |
| The point of the ACV legislation is to give a community the right to bid to own an asset which they may lose. It is not a right to buy, (it is in Scotland) it is a right to bid. The starting point of any campaign is to get the asset listed as an ACV This then stops the clock when a sale is likely and give the community an opportunity to get their business plan and funding together in order to submit a hopefully successful offer. My point is that 21 names are a random grouping, and while they get the application over the line, that is all. If the community is serious about not losing the Telegraph then a ‘proper’ group needs to come forward, and organise itself appropriately. Personally I don’t see that happening, as it seems to me that there is no significant move, or support. If there were, it would be happening by now. If the pub isn’t sold / reopened etc the planners are likely to look favourably at a change of use. The alternative is the pub is simply left to go to hell until it falls down. The Putney Society may well make a bid, but what this needs is a group to purchase, and turn the Telegraph into a community owned business. It is doable, but it does seem unlikely. |