Purpose

Purchase 5 new homes from the
Kirkstead Gardens housing development
in Thorpe Hesley, which are Section 106 planning gain
units.
 
Up to 40% of the cost to be
funded by Right to Buy ‘1-4-1’ receipts, with the exact
proportion to be determined by Corporate Finance on an annual
basis.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

16
September 2022
 

Title:

Strategic acquisition of five new homes from the Kirkstead
Gardens development in Thorpe Hesley
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Ian
Spicer, Strategic Director Adult Care, Housing & Public
Health
 

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

Enaction of recommendation 1 from the Housing Strategic
Acquisitions Report, approved by Cabinet 20 June 2022:
 
“1. That Cabinet agrees to purchase the homes identified
in Exempt Appendix 1, subject to Ward Member consultation being
carried out, and agreement by the Assistant Director for Housing,
Cabinet Member for Housing and Section 151 Officer. This is subject
to the budget parameters as set out in the Council’s approved
Capital Programme.”.
 
and
further to approval of the subsequent Strategic Outline Programme
capital business case – Strategic Acquisitions: June 2022
Cabinet, approved 16 September 2022 in consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Housing.
 

Decision:

Approval to enter into contract with Redmile Home to purchase
five new homes from the Kirkstead Gardens development in Thorpe
Hesley – identified in Appendix 1 to the June 2022 Cabinet
report.
 
The
Council will purchase:
·      
Five, two-bedroom bungalows
 
All
homes are scheduled to be handed over to the Council October 2023.
The homes will be brought into the Council’s existing housing
stock and made available for social rent.
 

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:

The
June 2022 Cabinet report considered deferring the acquisitions into
a later Cabinet report, but this was not recommended as it may have
resulted in one or more of the opportunities being
missed.
 

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 Strategic
Acquisitions.
 
Strategic Outline Programme (SOP) business case –
Strategic Acquisitions: June 2022 Cabinet.
 

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
….
 
Enter into contract with Redmile Home to purchase five new homes
from the Kirkstead Gardens development in Thorpe Hesley –
identified in Appendix 1 to the June 2022 Cabinet report. The homes
will be brought into the Council’s existing housing stock and
made available for social rent.
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
 
Dated:         
16/09/2022
 

Name:         
Ian Spicer               
 
Job
Title:    Strategic Director Adult Care, Housing
and Public Health