Purpose

Approval to enter into contract with Keystone
Construction Ltd to purchase nine new homes at Albert Club, West
Melton.

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION
 

Date of Decision:

12/06/2025
 

Title:

Purchase of nine new homes at Albert Club,
West Melton under the Small Sites Homebuilder Initiative
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer
Strategic Director Adult Care, Housing &
Public Health
 

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

Enaction of resolution 2 of from the
Housing Delivery Programme Report – 2025/26, approved by
Cabinet in February 2025:
 
2. That Cabinet approves the purchase of homes
from any of the schemes identified in Exempt Appendix 2.
 

Cabinet Meeting Minutes Monday 10-Feb-2025 – Minute 120
refers.
 
and further to approval of the Full Business
Case – Albert Club, West Melton (SME Initiative) approved
6th February 2025 in consultation with the Cabinet
Member for Housing.’
 

Decision:

Approval to enter into contract with Keystone
Yorkshire Ltd to purchase nine new homes at Albert Club, West
Melton.  Identified as Appendix 2 -
10th February 2025 Cabinet report.
 
The Council will
purchase:

Six no. two-bedroom
houses
Three no.
three-bedroom houses

 
The homes are scheduled to be
handed over March 2026 and will be brought into the Council’s
existing housing stock and made available to applicants from the
Housing Register.
 

Reasons for the Decision:

The decision has been taken in-line with the
Cabinet approval, to ensure that the Council can continue to
deliver new council homes to meet residents’ needs.
 
The financial detail of the acquisitions is
set out within the capital business case. It is not included within
the decision record on the basis that it is commercially sensitive.
This is in-line with the over-arching Cabinet report exemption.
 

Details of alternative options considered and
rejected:

Previous Housing Delivery Programme reports
have considered the alternative option not to pursue new
acquisition opportunities and this was not recommended because the
Council needs to ensure a continuous pipeline to deliver the
Council homes needed.
 

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

None declared

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

None declared

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision
Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an
outside body which relates to the decision:

None declared

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

Report of the Strategic Director of Adult
Care, Housing and Public Health – Housing Delivery Programme
2025/26.
 
Full Business Case (FBC) – Albert Club,
West Melton (SME Initiative), authorised by James
Clark, Assistant Director of Housing
 

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the executive decision to:
 
Enter into contract with Keystone Yorkshire
Ltd to purchase nine new homes at Albert Club, West
Melton. 
 
I confirm that in
making this decision, due regard was given to the seven principles
of public life.
 
Signed by the
Decision Maker:
 

Dated:         
12/06/25
Name:         
Ian Spicer              
Job Title:     Strategic Director