Community ownership of assets

• Is part of the Core Strategy, capture some of the current and future infrastructure requirements in each community area and Neighbourhood Plans provide an opportunity to consider this in more detail
• The council will work with communities to build a shared understanding of the community's needs, ambitions and capacities to see how these can be met in future

• Are overseeing the work of the shadow Community Operation Boards bringing together public sector partners and will set out the intentions for publicly owned buildings in each community area
• Allowing community ownership to be considered as part of the process
• The community is the real owner of public buildings with Wiltshire Council (or other public sector owners) acting as a steward for the property to ensure it continues to benefit the community
• Will consider applications for grants to explore the feasibility of the development of Community Assets where this meets identified community needs

Wiltshire Community Land Trust (Wiltshire CLT) has been set up to help community groups take on the ownership and management of assets, such as:

• Affordable housing
• Workspace
• Land for growing food
• Land for recreation
• Wildlife reserves
• Pubs
• Shops
• A range of community facilities
• Local services

Wiltshire CLT works with Community First and national organisations such as the national CLT network and Locality to ensure that community groups get the right support and advice.

Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire CLT have produced a community ownership of assets toolkit setting out the various tools available for increasing community ownership of assets; this can be found in the download section.