About Community Asset Transfers
A Community Asset Transfer (CAT) is a process we can use to pass on the ownership of our land, buildings or structures (known as ‘assets’) to an independent group.
Once this process has been completed, it is then the responsibility of the appointed group to manage the asset.
Successful CAT applications must meet specific criteria that includes:
- delivering sustained valued community assets and enable locally run services to thrive and flourish independent of council funding
- enabling and empower community organisations to directly operate assets and support the growth and development of the third sector
- providing social and economic benefits for the local area, focus on social inclusion and be environmentally considerate.
Before applying
Interested groups should read our Community Asset Transfer policy Community Asset Transfer policy. The policy sets out:
- who can apply for a community transfer
- how to apply for a community transfer
- the basis of transfer
- how we will assess each application.
The policy also reflects the wider aims outlined in the Woking for All and 2022/23 Supplementary and amended priorities.
Assets currently available for transfer
Centres for the Community
(The Maybury Centre, St Mary's, The Vyne and Parkview are at various stages of progressing community asset transfers and are unavailable).
Sports pavilions
You can currently express your interest in the following pavilions. This will progress to transfers subject to the results of a condition survey.
- Alpha Road
- Brookwood Country Park
- Brookwood Farm
- Sheets Heath
- Byfleet
- Goldsworth Park
- Kingshead Lane
- St Peters
- Waterers Park
- West Byfleet
- Wheatsheaf Pavilion
- Woking Park
Public toilets
All public toilets will be closed from Monday 1 April (excluding Woking town centre shopping centre facilities).
How to apply
To apply for a Community Asset Transfer, groups must submit an expression of interest application form.
Once complete, please email the form to steve.may@woking.gov.uk
If this application is approved, the group must then submit a full business case for the transfer.
Next steps
Once the business case is approved, we will work with the group to agree the terms of the transfer.
There is no standard timescale for the transfer process because each transfer is unique. We will keep the interested group up to date with expected timescales during the process.