At last the Localism Act 2011 is established in law? The links below describe how local authorities will be required to publish information about their own property - the description gives an aggregate of the open market values of all such property.
However, the 2011 Act provides for some local authorities to make a list of assets (land and buildings) which have "community value" (which is not be the same as "open market value"). I suppose that the list will certainly include assets deemed or nominated as community assets belonging to bodies and individuals who are not local authorities: but will the list include local authority property assets? No doubt the forthcoming regulations will tell us.
Whilst browsing I hit upon a DCLG site which gave a pretty map of the locality with all kind of coloured pointers. Hitting on the pointers I received some detailed information about the public property on each hit, such as a) name, b) address, c) postcode, d) organisation, e)contact, d) currency (date), e) area, f) use status, g) tenure, h) easting, i) northing, j) reference, and i) ID. Will future such lists indicate public property which has community value?
[Please Note: Wish I could show you but my viewing was (apparently) for my eyes only (or more complicated words than that)! Having signed the OSA I felt obliged to resist showing you the many boxes which state "Data Not Available". Nevertheless once it is fully developed it should prove a useful first pointer for residents and others of what is out there in the public domain. However, I am not allowed to copy it and there was hint that it may be shown for a limited time; even if it stays for ever, I may not be able to find it again! It has been an exciting half hour!!! Sad.]
http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2011-08-05-Pickles-orders-councils-to-publish-assets?utm_source=24dash+newsletter+subscribers&utm_campaign=1c4848811f-UA-31909-1&utm_medium=email
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