Purpose

On
24th April 2023 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
property at Effingham Street has now been reached and this report
will exercise the delegation to agree Heads of Terms and complete
the land transaction.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

24th May 2023

Title:

Acquisition of property at
Effingham St, Rotherham

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

 Simon Moss
Assistant Director for
Planning, Regeneration and Transport

Specific Delegation:
(If any)

1.   
That the Assistant Director for Planning,
Regeneration and Transport approve the acquisition by agreement of
the property interests at exempt Appendix 1, and that the Assistant
Director of Legal Services complete the necessary
transactions.
 

Brief Description of
Decision:

Completion of the necessary transactions to
acquire property at Effingham St

Reasons for the Decision:

To facilitate the continued
development of regeneration in 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 relevant land, and this
delegation seeks to finalise the necessary transactions.

Details of alternative options
considered and rejected:

The preferred option is to
always acquire by agreement and negotiation is a mandatory
precursor to any CPO action. This
acquisition will enable land to come forward without the need to
use CPO powers, thus significantly reducing the risk of needing to
implement CPO powers.

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
24th April 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 facilitate the continued development of regeneration in
Rotherham town centre
 
Signed by the Decision
Maker  
Dated: 24th May, 2023
Name: Simon
Moss                    
Job Title: Assistant Director,
Planning, Regeneration & Transport