Notification was given on 22 July 2025 that there is an intention to sell Hunloke Community Garden.
Hunloke Community Garden is registered as an asset of community value, and therefore a statutory interim moratorium period of six weeks was triggered on 22 July 2025. The interim moratorium period therefore ends on 2 September 2025.
Procedures are set out in the Localism Act 2011 and regulations under the Act. During the interim moratorium, a community interest group may trigger the full moratorium of six months by making a request to the local authority (Chesterfield Borough Council) in writing to be treated as a potential bidder in relation to the land.
A community interest group must be either a charity or one of a list of incorporated bodies (that is, bodies which have a legal identity of their own separate from their members). There is no requirement that a community interest group which triggers the full moratorium should be able to prove an existing capacity to make a realistic bid to buy the land in question.
During the interim and full moratorium periods, a relevant disposal may be made if it is to a community interest group (regulation 13(1)).
Further information about the process and legislation is available here.
Links to the relevant legislation are available below:
- The Localism Act 2011 (see particularly Section 95 and following sections)
- The Assets of Community Value (England) Regulations 2012
Should an expression of interest be made, the full moratorium period is 6 months from notification (ending 22 January 2026), and the protected period is a period of 18 months from notification (ending 22 January 2027).
To make a request to the local authority (Chesterfield Borough Council) to be treated as a potential bidder in relation to the land, please contact katy.marshall@chesterfield.gov.uk.
| Assets of Community Value – Intention to Bid Form |  (Word 47 KB) |
| Notification of Interim Moratorium Period – Hunloke Community Garden |  (PDF 251 KB) |