Purpose

Revocation of annual mean nitrogen dioxide Air
Quality Management Areas on Wortley Road and adjacent to the M1
at  Brinsworth, Catcliffe, Blackburn,
and Meadowbank.
 

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

27th March,
2025

Title:

Revocation of
annual mean nitrogen dioxide Air Quality Management Areas on
Wortley Road and adjacent to the M1 at 
Brinsworth, Catcliffe, Blackburn, and Meadowbank
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Sam Barstow, Assistant
Director, Community Safety & Street Scene
 

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

Contained within delegations
described in the Council’s Constitution, Sub-Scheme of
Delegation – Strategic Director regeneration and
Environment.
 
At Section 4C of Appendix 9:
Responsibility for Functions, of the Constitution (Appendix 9 -
Responsibility for Functions.pdf (rotherham.gov.uk), of the
Constitution it states:
 
1 This officer delegation
scheme sets out the executive functions delegated to officers by
the Leader under his/her Executive Arrangements (The executive
functions delegated by the Leader should be construed in a broad
and inclusive fashion to include the doing of anything which is
calculated to facilitate or is conducive or incidental to the
discharge of those functions. They should not however be understood
to include any Council function).
 
8. Delegations set out in this
scheme will be read in conjunction with all provisions of the
Council’s Constitution, and decisions taken by officers in
accordance with this scheme will be taken in accordance with all
relevant rules and protocols.
 
Appendix 9 continues, at
Section 4C6, stating:
 
The Strategic Director of
Regeneration and Environment is authorised to discharge executive
functions for:-
 
1. Community Safety and Street
Scene
 
(a) Community Safety,
Resilience and Emergency Planning
(b) Highways and Network
Management
(c) Regulation and
Enforcement
(d) Waste and Street
Scene
 
The Constitution continues at
item 16 Sub Scheme of Delegation Strategic Director of Regeneration
of Environment (Sub Scheme of Delegation - Strategic Director of
Regeneration and Environment.pdf (rotherham.gov.uk) at p 1, to
state:
 
The Strategic Director has
chosen to sub-delegate some or all of those functions to officers
of suitable experience and seniority in his/her own directorate or
in another directorate.
 
At pp 3 – 8 the
delegations to the Assistant Director Community Safety and Street
Scene are defined further and include:
 
Any function not otherwise
reserved to the full Council, the Cabinet, a committee of the
Cabinet, a member of the Cabinet, a joint committee discharging
executive functions or another local authority, relevant to the
Assistant Director’s portfolio
 
Specific delegations are laid
out in the Council’s Constitution at item 16 Sub-Scheme of
Delegation Strategic Director of regeneration and Environment (Sub
Scheme of Delegation - Strategic Director of Regeneration and
Environment.pdf (rotherham.gov.uk)) pp51 – 61 in respect of
the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and related statutory
instruments, amongst others, in that the delegation of powers in
relation to the issuance of statutory documents is:
 
Via written Authorisation to
approve on behalf of Assistant Director of Community Safety and
Street Scene and the Assistant Director – Planning,
Regeneration and Transport, to the Head of Community Safety and
Regulatory Services and Service Manager, Community Safety and
Regulatory Services Head of Transport Infrastructure, Head of
Highways.
 

Decision:

Revocation of annual mean nitrogen dioxide Air Quality
Management Areas on Wortley Road and adjacent to the M1
at  Brinsworth, Catcliffe, Blackburn,
and Meadowbank
 

Reasons for the
Decision:

The levels of nitrogen dioxide
have consistently been below national objective levels for over
three years. Consequently, there is no legal requirement to have an
Air Quality Management Area in these areas, subsequently the Air
Quality Management Areas can be revoked.
 

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

No alternatives exist as this
is a legislative process.

Conflicts of interest
declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker
which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

None
 

Reports or parts of
reports considered

None

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the executive decision to
revoke the annual mean nitrogen dioxide Air
Quality Management Areas on Wortley Road and adjacent to the M1
at  Brinsworth, Catcliffe, Blackburn,
and Meadowbank
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
Dated:
27th March, 2025   
 
Name:
         Sam
Barstow                             
Job
Title:    Assistant Director, Community Safety
& Street Scene