The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 aims to empower communities by giving them control over assets so they can work together to improve their area.

The Act moves asset transfer from a voluntary approach by public bodies to one which introduces a right for community bodies to make requests for ownership, lease, management or use of publicly owned buildings or land - whether or not they are available for sale or considered surplus to requirements.

We have a responsibility to assess requests transparently against a specified list of criteria, and to agree the request unless there are reasonable grounds for refusal.

  • Scottish Government guidance on community asset transfers can be found here: Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015: community transfer bodies' guidance (www.gov.scot) 

  • We encourage groups to make contact with us so we are aware of and begin to understand your interest, direct you to appropriate support and provide you with a contact for accessing any relevant information that you may then need to inform completion of a full application for asset transfer.

    An application form is available at the bottom of this page.

  • FAO Gemma Merchant, Business Improvement and Property Manager.

    Email: [email protected]

  • Annual reports for asset transfers are available in our Publications.

    View the reports