Purpose

To set and publish
fees for Waleswood Caravan and Camping
Park in advance and ahead of the Fees and Charges approval
schedule.
 
 

Decision

 

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER NON-EXECUTIVE DECISION

 
 

Date of Decision:
 

7th
August 2025

Title:

In year implementation of future year’s
pricing for Waleswood Caravan and Camping Park

Decision Maker:
(Including Job Title)

Andrew Bramidge, Strategic Director,
Regeneration & Environment

Delegation contained in the relevant
Sub-Scheme of Delegation.
 

From sub scheme of delegation for Strategic
Director of Regeneration and Environment, Page 26.
“Operational management of Galleries,
Museums, Designated Heritage Site(s), Music venues, Libraries,
Parks, Country Parks, recreation grounds, play areas, picnic sites,
camping and caravan sites countryside sites and other cultural,
leisure, recreational, play, green space and tourism destinations
and facilities, and all land held by the Council specifically for
public open space and recreation. Maintenance, development and
letting of cultural, leisure, tourism and green spaces buildings
and land assets, in collaboration with Asset Management”

Decision:

To enable Waleswood Caravan and Camping
Park to agree pricing a year ahead, to
enable
early sales of the following year’s
occupancy..

Reasons for the Decision:

Responding to the Cabinet report of
February
2025 which stated ‘Country Parks
(including
 Waleswood) – price increases above 2% to
improve sustainability of business
model.’
 
The exemptions in the Fees and Charges for
2025/26 also states for Waleswood charges
‘5% per annum for two years. 
2026/27 set in
advance to enable
pre-sales - in line with
market.  In
addition, permission is sought to
flex fees and
charges in-year, in order to
respond to market demand.’
 
Pricing of future years’ bookings at
Waleswood
have historically been aligned to approval
of
the next year’s Fees and Charges in
March.
 
This has meant that customers wishing to
book
early have been charged at the previous
year’s
prices.
 
Setting fees in advance will allow pricing
for
2026/27 to be implemented at the moment
bookings for that period would open (in
September 2025).
 
It is proposed that this be enacted similarly
in future years, with pricing being agreed with the finance team.
For 2026/226, prices have been determined at an average increase of
4.9%

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

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

None

Reports or parts of
reports considered

Cabinet Report
February 2025
Fees and Charges
2025/26 exemptions
The report of Neil
Best on ‘In year
implementation of future year’s pricing
for
Waleswood Caravan and Camping
Park’.

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the decision to:
 
Implementation future year’s pricing in
year for Waleswood Caravan and Camping
Park.
 
I confirm that in
making this decision, due regard was given to the seven principles
of public life.
 
Signed by the
Decision Maker:

 
Dated:         
7th August 2025
 
Name:
        
Andrew Bramidge                       
Job
Title:    Strategic Director,
Regeneration & Environment