Create community right to buy for empty pubs that are Assets of Community Value

Open for signatures 499 signatures

What the petition asks

We call on the Government to pass a law where pubs designated as an Asset of Community Value that are empty for 6 months or more, and where the owner refuses to sell or rent out the asset at an independently assessed fair market value, automatically trigger a community right to buy at market value.

Across England, hundreds of valued pubs are protected as Assets of Community Value, yet owners can leave them closed for years and refuse fair offers to reopen them, with no duty to act in good faith. Communities risk losing their last shared space and watch listed buildings rot. We ask the Government to give communities a real right to save their pub.

Timeline

15 Jul 2026

Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 499

Status Open for signatures

Department Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Opened 15 Jul 2026

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