Purpose

Approval to enter into contract with Allert
Building and Construction Ltd to purchase seven new homes at
Infirmary Road, Parkgate.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

28th March
2024
 

Title:

Purchase of seven new homes at
Infirmary Road, Parkgate under the Small Sites Homebuilder
Initiative.
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

James Clark, Assistant Director
of Housing
 
 

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

Enaction of recommendation 3 of
from the latest Housing Delivery Programme Report – 2024/25,
approved by Cabinet 22 January 2024:
 
“That Cabinet approves
the purchase of homes from any of the schemes identified in Exempt
Appendix 5”.
 
and further to approval of the
subsequent Full Business Case – Infirmary Road, Parkgate (SME
Initiative) approved 28 March 2024 in consultation with the Cabinet
Member for Housing.
 

Decision:

Approval to enter into contract
with Allert Building and Construction Ltd to purchase seven new
homes at Infirmary Road, Parkgate. 
Identified in Appendix 5 to the January 2024 Cabinet
report.
 
The Council will
purchase:
·      
Four no. two-bedroom houses
·      
Three no. three-bedroom houses
 
The homes are
scheduled to be handed over August / September 2024 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)

N/A

Reports or parts of
reports considered

Report of the Strategic
Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health – Housing
Development Programme Report – 2024/25.
 
Full Business Case (FBC)
– Infirmary Road, Parkgate (SME
Initiative)
 

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
….
 
Enter into contract with Allert
Building and Construction Ltd to purchase seven new homes at
Infirmary Road, Parkgate. 
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  

 
Dated:         
13/02/2024   
 
 
Name:          Ian
Spicer             
 
Job
Title:    Strategic Director