Purpose

Housing – Estate Services
(a) Estate Management, incorporating Tenancy management, Sites and
Estates management, Rent management,
services to older people and all aspects of right to buy and
leaseholder management
 
This decision was agreed in
consultation with the three ward members of Boston Castle Ward, and
Officers from the Councils Neighbourhoods Team and Strategic
Housing and Development Service in October 2021. The names were
submitted as part of the Planning Application in November
2021.

Decision

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

14/10/21

Title:

Naming of the Town Centre New
Build Apartment Blocks at Wellgate Place, Westgate Riverside and
Millfold Rise.

Decision Maker:

Paul Walsh, Interim Assistant
Director of Housing

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

Housing – Estate Services
(a) Estate Management, incorporating Tenancy management, Sites and
Estates management, Rent management, services to older people and
all aspects of right to buy and leaseholder management
 
This decision was agreed in
consultation with the three ward members of Boston Castle Ward, and
Officers from the Councils Neighbourhoods Team and Strategic
Housing and Development Service in October 2021. The names were
submitted as part of the Planning Application in November
2021.

Decision:

The Town Centre Apartments were
named as follows;

·      
Wellgate Place, Block A – Portland
House

·      
Wellgate Place, Block B - Elizabeth House

·      
Millfold Rise, Block A – Millfold
Apartments

·      
Westgate Riverside, Block A – Tom Burgess
House

·      
Westgate Riverside, Block B – Arthur Wharton
House
 

Reasons for the
Decision:

The three new Town Centre
developments all contain apartments blocks within them and each
block requires a name to help identify them as part of their postal
address.
In the absence of an existing
process/protocol at the time, the names were mutually agreed by the
three ward members of Boston Castle Ward, and Officers from the
Councils Neighbourhoods Team and Strategic Housing and Development
Service in October 2021
The following reasons were
given;
Portland House is located where
the former Portland Terrace was situated
Elizabeth House relates to the
connection with Wellgate Old Hall which was situated nearby in the
14th Century and received a Royal Charter from Queen
Elizabeth I.
Millfold Apartments comes from
the building previously occupying the site, Millfold
House.
Tom Burgess House is named
after Thomas William Burgess. A Rotherham man famous for being the
second person to swim the English Channel in 1911. His statue used
to be displayed at Sheffield Road baths before the site was cleared
for re-development.
Arthur Wharton House is named
after Arthur Wharton, the first black professional footballer. His
first signing was with Rotherham United in 1889.

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

No other options were tabled at
the time.
 

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

None

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

None
 

Reports or parts of
reports considered

None

 
I certify that this is a true
record of the executive decision to name the Town Centre New Build
Apartment Blocks at Wellgate Place, Westgate Riverside and Millfold
Rise.
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
Dated:         
15/08/23 (DLT)
 
Name:         
Paul Walsh  
                    
Job
Title:    Interim
Assistant Director of Housing