Purpose

Part of the £390,000 allocation for
Wentworth Woodhouse, within the £1,068,709 allocation for the
Visitor and Leisure Economy project, can be used as match funding
to enable the trust to secure £528,475 from Historic
England.
 
This will fund additional repair and
restoration work to further enhance Wentworth Woodhouse as a
visitor attraction, and will deliver additional outputs.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

19th March
2024
 

Title:

UK Shared Prosperity Fund
(UKSPF) years 2 and 3 – Visitor and Leisure Economy
amendment

Decision Maker:
 

Jo Brown, Assistant Chief
Executive
 
 

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

Minute (43) of the Cabinet
decision on UKSPF of 7th August 2023 delegates authority
to the Assistant Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader
of the Council, to determine revised and final allocations for the
UKSPF. This is to include provision for other eligible
actions within the use of the fund should it not be possible to
achieve full spend of the grant through the allocations set out in
the Cabinet report.
 
In line with appendix 9, section 4C2 of the
Council’s Constitution, the Assistant Chief Executive is
authorised to discharge executive functions in relation to: (6)
Performance, Intelligence and Improvement, including Policy and
Partnerships.

Decision:

It is resolved
that:
 
Part of the
£390,000 allocation for Wentworth Woodhouse, within the
£1,068,709 allocation for the Visitor and Leisure Economy
project, can be used as match funding to enable the trust to secure
£528,475 from Historic England.
 
This will fund
additional repair and restoration work to further enhance Wentworth
Woodhouse as a visitor attraction, and will deliver additional
outputs.
 

Reasons for the
Decision:

The funding allocated to this project and the
activity proposed are both in line with the 7th August Cabinet
report.

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

Alternatives have not been
provided. The project is in line with the proposals endorsed by
Cabinet. 

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

There are no conflicts of
interest.
 
The Leader of the Council has
been consulted.
 
 

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

None.

Reports or parts of
reports considered

UK Shared Prosperity Fund - years two and
three, report to Cabinet, August 7th 2023

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
….
 
Agree the revised UKSPF
allocations to schemes within the Visitor and Leisure Economy
Project. Also, to agree that the allocation to Wentworth Woodhouse
can be used as match to secure additional funding from Historic
England and deliver additional outputs.

 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
 
Dated:         
19th March 2024
 
Name:         
Jo Brown                          
 
Job
Title:    Assistant Chief Executive