Issue 63 – Winter 2015 FREE – Please take one Magazine of North Oxfordshire Branch of CAMRA Help List 3,000 Community Pubs As ACVs By End 2016 In the four months since the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) started its new push to increase to 3,000 the number of pubs in England that are listed as Assets of Community Value (ACVs), over 500 new requests have been made to add to the 850 or so already listed. Here in North Oxfordshire, 16 of the Branch’s 220 pubs have already been listed as ACVs: • Bell Inn, Shenington • Bull Inn, Charlbury ACVs were too late for The Plough, Merton (left) when it closed in 2004. The Red Lion, Bloxham, • Butcher’s Arms, Balscote however, is subject to a current ACV moratorium (see Branch News this issue) • Black’s Head, Bletchingdon • Carpenter’s Arms, Middle • Gardiner Arms, Tackley • Quart Pot, Milton-under- Barton • Hand & Shears, Church Wychwood • Cock Inn, Combe Hanborough • Red Lion, Bloxham • Duke of Cumberland’s Head, • North Arms, Wroxton • Seven Stars, Piddington Clifton • Pear Tree Inn, Hook Norton • Sun Inn, Hook Norton • White Horse, Duns Tew ANOTHER NEW BREWERY COMING SOON with the Barley Mow in Upper Chadlington Brewery Heyford also applied for. owner Jason Chipchase In 2011 the Localism Act was (left) with the first batch passed, which introduced the of his Golden Ale (4%) to concept of land that is an Asset be offered to the public. of Community Value. This gave Landlord David Pye (right) hosted the very busy beer communities the chance to reg- launch at the Tite Inn, in ister land/buildings that ‘fur- Chadlington. For more thers (or has recently furthered) info, see page 28 their community’s social well- Continued on page 3 Visit the CAMRA North Oxfordshire Branch website – http://northoxon.camra.org.uk/ THE LAMPET ARMS UPPER TADMARTON, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5TB Telephone: 01295 780070 FREEHOUSE Over Four Cask Ales – Hooky Bitter as a regular 30 and three rotating Guest Ales different menu options available Dog friendly, walker friendly, Child/family friendly Accommodation available including five rooms (three ensuite) OPEN: Mon-Friday 11am–2.30pm and 5–11pm. Saturday 11a.m–11pm Sunday 12–5pm The Pear Tree Inn The Hook Norton Brewery Tap Scotland End, Hook Norton OX15 5NU Tel: 01608 737482 Email: [email protected] • An unspoilt traditional village pub • No fruit machines, pool tables or jukebox • A range of Six Cask Ales • Open log fire • Always a fun selection of “Cocked Ales” • Three en suite letting rooms • Discount for CAMRA Members • Large beer garden • Ale-2-Go • Walkers & dog friendly • Traditional ‘Pub Food’ • Quiz night every Sunday • Traditional pub games including darts, dominoes • *Steak night every Saturday from 7.00 & Aunt Sally • Traditional Sunday lunch – £8.50 Open Friday & Saturday 12.00 – 12.00 • Sunday – Thursday 12.00 – 11.00 Food served Tuesday–Saturday* 12.00–7.00 Sunday & Monday 12.00–2.30 PAY US A VISIT – YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED 2 Beer on Tap – Winter 2015 Help Save Our Community Pub Scoring Pubs mitted development rights only The Branch’s Good Beer Guide from ACVs. So now there is all entries are decided by the Continued from page 1 the more reason to ‘List Your membership scoring pubs Local’, you don’t need to worry throughout the year, with the being or social interests and results announced at the GBG is likely to do so in the future’. that you will have to buy it if it comes up for sale! selection meeting in January. Once registered, any sale of the Please can all scores be with asset other than as a going con- Getting a pub listed is a mat- ter of filling in a simple applica- the Pubs Protection Officer by cern must be notified to the local 13th January 2016. Any scores authority and no sale can take tion form. This can be done by the parish council, a community received after that date won’t place for six weeks while the be counted, which means a community decides whether to organisation or an ad-hoc group of at least 21 people prepared to pub you consider to be worthy bid to purchase it. Should they may not get in the Guide. decide to bid, the moratorium sign the form. There is one small on sale extends to six months to legal hoop to jump through, allow the bid to be assembled but CAMRA can help with the Branch Diary and financed. Once the morato- Land Registry documentation rium period ends the owner is required; finally it requires a All meetings start 8pm, other events statement of how the pub fur- start as shown. Socials contact: Lynn free to sell to anyone, although Baldwin (07790) 118341. after 18 months have passed thers social well-being (e.g. hosts another moratorium can be trig- live music, is a venue for com- NOVEMBER gered by the community should munity meetings, provides a Sat 21: Pub Marking By Bus place to eat out, and so on). to Chipping Norton (public they wish to bid again. ACV list- transport). ing lasts for five years. Not sure that you can get 21 DECEMBER Unfortunately the current signatures, but still think your planning system has some- pub deserves ACV status? Your Mon 7: Banbury Beer & Cider Festival Planning Meeting (White thing of a split personality when local CAMRA branch is classi- fied as a community group and Horse, Banbury 8.15) it comes to pubs. Firstly they Sat 12: Christmas Social, Charlbury are explicitly classified as com- can apply with you, so please get in touch and tell us why. JANUARY munity facilities in the nation- Wed 6: Committee Meeting. The al planning guidance that the Your help is essential if we are to reach the 3,000 target by Reinedeer, Banbury (venue tbc) government publishes for local Wed 20: GBG Selection/ACV Info/ planning authorities. The most the end of 2016. More info and Branch Meeting. Elephant & recent version, the National template forms can be found at Castle, Bloxham (tbc) www.camra.org.uk/list-your- Planning Policy Framework, See Diary page online for latest info local notes that planners should ‘guard Brian Wray at www.northoxon.camra.org.uk/ against the unnecessary loss of Pubs Protection Officer valued facilities and services’. Yet, at the same time, a shortcut in CAMRA North Oxon Branch Contact List the planning legislation known as Permitted Development rights Email addresses are followed by northoxon.camra.org.uk/ allows pubs to be changed into CHAIRMAN Geraint Jones TREASURER restaurants, financial servic- chairman@ geraint@ Simon Whitehead treasurer@ VICE-CHAIRMAN es use, or shops without going simon@ Lynne Baldwin vicec@ lynne@ MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY through the formal planning BRANCH SECRETARY process, even if they have a her- Paul Forrest membership@ paul@ itage listing or are in a conserva- Dave Lee secretary@ dave@ BEER ON TAP EDITOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER tion area. In many circumstanc- Steve Lympany bot@ Lynne Baldwin pubs@ lynne@ es those rights can even allow Tel: 07811 667507 PUBS PROTECTION OFFICER demolition without planning CO-SOCIAL SECRETARY Brian Wray pubs@ consent. Helen Jones socials@ helen@ BEER FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATOR There was a glimmer of good CO-SOCIAL SECRETARY Tim Wilkins bbf@ news in April this year when, Russell Broom russell@ LOCALE COORDINATOR in response to campaigning by BEER ON TAP ADVERTISING John Bellinger locale@ john@ EDITOR CAMRA and other communi- Oliver Sladen WEBMASTERS Martin Batts and ty groups to try to have permit- botads@ Geraint Jones webmaster@ BRANCH CONTACT ted development rights removed Trading Standards: Oxfordshire County from all pubs, the government Martin Batts contact@ Council, Electric Ave, Ferry Hinksey Road, instead legislated to remove per- Tel: 07854 116408 Oxford OX2 0BY Magazine of CAMRA North Oxfordshire 3 Terms and Conditions: All prices and offers are subject to change. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer. 4 Beer on Tap – Winter 2015 Branch News on Fuller’s selling it to any party other than the village communi- ty until late January 2016. Immediately that had been done, regrettably (without first advising the communi- ty bid team), Mark & Sandra Page from the Joiners Arms approached Fuller’s’ agent mak- ing a separate bid for the Red Lion freehold. Because of its Shiver me timbers! The pirate ship at Fewcott ACV status Fuller’s replied that they could not negotiate with Ten ciders were on offer with them until after January 2016. Skorpion Black Cider from Mark has since approached Flying Monk, Malmesbury the the team explaining that delay first to sell out – a full-bodied, in his negotiation with Fuller’s medium sweet cider at 6% with adversely affects his business a sting in the tail. The weekend arrangements. He asked them was a huge success, and anoth- The results of the refurb at The Fox, Chippy to write a letter stating that the er is planned for next summer. Fox Hotel, village team would be content Cider is proving very popular Chipping Norton for the pub to be purchased with regulars at the pub with by Mark & Sandra and did not one on handpump and a couple This landmark pub/hotel next object to Fuller’s negotiating more in the cider cellar which to Chipping Norton’s town hall with them before January. are marked on a chalk board. is Hook Norton Brewery’s first The committee met Mark on Barley Mow, managed house, and it reopened 24 October to discuss this and at the end of October after a the village takes no objection Upper Heyford substantial refurb.