Well run pubs play a pivotal role in local communities, but are increasingly under threat of demolition or being converted to another use by large developers with 29 pubs closing every week.

As a pub lover and local campaigner, your first step to saving a pub from this fate is to list it as an 'Asset of Community Value'. You can do this even before a pub is under threat, which will give the pub added protection under planning law. Please note that ACV listings only apply to pubs across England.

CAMRA have made the process very much simpler recently and the forms for submitting arrive via email with much of the required information already filled in. We are finding this very encouraging, and look forward to more members submitting suggestions of pubs that would benefit from ACV status. This is just one measure that can help us protect pubs that provide a great service to the community around them, but is becoming an important focus for CAMRA as a campaigning organisation.

The link to CAMRA's Pub Saving Resources is CAMRA Save Your Local. This page also links to:

• Resources that have been developed specifically for local councils – you might want to write to your local council’s planning department highlighting these.
• A link to all our other essential guidance documents on saving pubs and planning
• Resources for listing a pub as an Asset of Community Value (ACV)
• The Campaigning Resources section of the website, where you can find all the above resources, and much more.

The South Lakeland District Council page is South Lakeland Community Right To Bid.

The Eden District Council page is Eden Community Right To Bid.

An ACV lasts for five years. The following pubs within the branch are currently covered by an ACV:

South Lakeland:

• The Black Labrador, Underbarrow (as the Punchbowl). Expires 07/07/2021
• Rifleman's Arms, Kendal. Expires 13/10/2021
• The Bridge Hotel, Kendal. Expires 26/04/2023
• Castle Inn, Kendal. Expires 12/03/2025

https://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/your-environment/your-community/community-rights/community-right-to-bid/community-asset-register/

Eden:

• Eden Vale Inn, Bolton. Expires 18/09/2020
• Horse and Farrier, Dacre. Expires 02/03/2021
• Stag Inn, Dufton. Expires 06/09/2021

https://www.eden.gov.uk/your-environment/your-community/community-right-to-bid-register-of-assets/