Purpose

Cabinet September 2023
authorised the Assistant Director of Planning, Regeneration and
Transport to negotiate the acquisition by agreement of land
necessary to facilitate delivery of the Mainline Station in
consultation in with the
Council’s S.151 Officer,
Assistant Director - Legal Services, Cabinet Member for Jobs and
the Local Economy, and Cabinet Member for Transport and
Environment.
 
The recommendation will be to
complete the transaction to acquire Calendar House on the agreed
terms. 

Decision

 

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER NON-EXECUTIVE DECISION

 
 

Date of Decision:
 

24th February 2025

Title:

Acquisition of Calendar House,
Mangham Way

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Kevin Fisher, Assistant
Director Property and Facilities Services

Details of Specific Committee
Delegation
or Delegation contained in the
relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.
 

Assistant Director Property
& Facilities Services acting as Property Officer in
consultation with the Council’s
S. 151 Officer, Assistant
Director – Legal Services, the Cabinet Member for Transport,
Jobs and the Local Economy
 
This decision seeks to exercise
the powers delegated at Cabinet in September 2023 (minute no.58) to
negotiate and agree the acquisition of property interests related
to the Mainline Station

Decision:

The purchase (acquire) of
Calendar House to facilitate the development of the Mainline
Station, in line with delegations from Cabinet.

Reasons for the
Decision:

The acquisition of this
property is critical to the development of the station, providing
essential emergency access/egress from the Northern platform
necessary to satisfy Health and Safety operational
requirements.  The site brings
additional benefits in enabling direct access to the station from
the North of the town.

Where the decision is
made under specific delegation from a decision making body, the
names of any member of the relevant body who has declared a
conflict of interest in relation to the decision and name of the
body granting the specific delegation and the date when it did
so:
 

N/A

Reports or parts of
reports considered

Rotherham Integrated
(Mainline & Tram Train) Station Land Acquisition &
Project
Update.
 
Minutes of Cabinet
18th September 2023
 
Lucy Mitchell –
Regeneration Manager
Lucy.Mitchell@rotherham.gov.uk
 

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
acquire property to facilitate delivery of a new integrated
(mainline and tram train) station.
 

 
Signed by the Decision Maker                       
          
Dated          
24th February 2025
 
Name:         
Kevin Fisher                                
Job
Title:    
Assistant Director Property & Facilities
Services