Purpose

On
28th March 2022 Cabinet agreed the following
recommendations:
 
That the Assistant Director for Planning, Regeneration and
Transport be authorised to negotiate the acquisition by agreement
of the property interests at exempt 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 the
property at 3-5 & 7 Corporation Street has now been reached
resulting in the removal of the freeholder’s objection to the
Compulsory Purchase Order.  This report
will exercise the delegation to agree Heads of Terms and complete
the land transaction.

Decision

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

25th July 2023

Title:

Acquisition of property at 3-7
Corporation Street

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Paul Woodcock, Strategic Director of
Regeneration and Environment

Specific Delegation:
(If any)

That the Assistant Director for Planning, Regeneration, and
Transport approves the acquisition by agreement of the property
interests and rights required to complete the redevelopment,
detailed in Appendices 1 and 2, in consultation with the
Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Cabinet Member for Jobs
and the Local Economy.
 
Cabinet Member consulted and in support – 19th
July 2024
Section 151 Officer consulted and in support  –
24th July 2023
 

Brief Description of
Decision:

Completion of the necessary transactions to
acquire property at 3-7 Corporation Street

Reasons for the Decision:

To facilitate the continued
regeneration of Rotherham town centre it is necessary to bring
privately owned land into public sector ownership.  
 
Agreement has now been reached
with the private sector owner of the property which will see
removal of their objection to the Compulsory Purchase Order (made
in April 2023), and this delegation seeks to finalise the necessary
transactions.
 

Details of alternative options
considered and rejected:

As required by Government
guidance, acquisition by negotiation rather than use of Compulsory
Purchase powers is mandated where at all possible. This acquisition will enable the land to come into
Council ownership without further progression of the CPO to Public
Inquiry.

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

None

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

 
 

Reports or parts of reports
considered

Report to Cabinet dated
28th March 2022, Report to Cabinet dated 23rd
January 2023, Delegated Officer Decision Report dated
30th March 2023 and the attached exempt Report (exempt
until completion of land transaction) providing considerations for
the Decision.

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the executive decision to ….
 

 
 
Signed by the
Decision Maker  
Dated: 25th July, 2023
 
Name: Paul Woodcock,
Strategic Director,                       
Job Title: Strategic Director,
Regeneration & Environment.