Purpose

On 28th March 2022 Cabinet agreed the
following recommendations:
 
1.            
That Cabinet authorise the acquisition of the Freehold and
Leasehold interests in the land and properties shown edged red for
identification purposes only on the plans at Appendix 1.
 
2.            
That the Assistant Director for Planning, Regeneration and
Transport be authorised to negotiate the acquisition by agreement
of the property interests at Appendix 1, in consultation with the
Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Cabinet Member for Jobs
and the Local Economy, and the Assistant Director of Legal Services
be authorised to complete the necessary transactions.
 
An agreement to acquire a property at Westgate
has now been reached and this report will exercise the delegation
to agree Heads of Terms and complete the land transaction.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

05/04/2024
 

Title:

Acquisition of 69 Westgate
Rotherham
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Simon Moss, Assistant Director of Planning, Regeneration &
Transport
 

Specific Delegation:
(If any)

Decision taken under the powers granted to the
property officer under section 29.12 of the Council’s
Financial Procurement Procedure Rules.
 

Brief Description of
Decision:

To seek approval for the
acquisition of the property known as 69 Westgate, Rotherham to
facilitate Rotherham’s ongoing regeneration further to 28
March 2022, Cabinet Regeneration Programme: Strategic Land
Assembly
 

Reasons for the Decision:

Ambitions to diversify the town
centre and bring forward a new residential community were
identified in the 2017 Town Centre Masterplan. The proposed
development site is known as Riverside Residential Quarter and this
property sits within the boundary of the site
 
 

Details of alternative options
considered and rejected:

The preferred option, as
required by Government guidance is to always acquire by agreement.
This acquisition will enable the
continued redevelopment of the Riverside Residential Quarter to
come forward.
 
A do-nothing option would see
the Council unable to deliver on its plans for the regeneration of
this part of the town centre
 

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

No
conflicts of interest declared.

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

Not Applicable
 
 

Reports or parts of reports
considered

Council’s Strategic Acquisition Fund -
Cabinet 19th September 2022.
 

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the executive decision ….
 
 
That the Assistant Director for
Planning, Regeneration and Transport complete the negotiation and
acquisition by agreement of the property interest in
69 Westgate, Rotherham in
consultation with the Council’s Section 151 Officer and the
Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy
 
 
Signed by the Decision
Maker  
Dated: 5th April 2024