Purpose

This report relates to an application made to the Council by Totton & Eling Town Council (“the Nominator”) to nominate The New Inn public house, 5-7 Main Road, Totton, Southampton SO40 7EP (“the Property”) as an asset of community value (“the Application”). The report reviews the Application, the criteria against which a decision must be made, the result of consultations and makes recommendations.

Decision

In the opinion of the local authority, whilst there is a time in the recent past when an actual use of the building or other land that was not ancillary use furthered the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community, it is not realistic to think that there is a time in the next five years that there could be non-ancillary use of the building or other land that would further (whether or not in the same way as before) the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community and is therefore not of community value and therefore may not be listed.
It does not therefore meet the criteria set out in the Localism Act 2011 to be eligible for listing.