Purpose

To refresh the Rotherham S106
Developer Education Contributions Policy.
 
Rotherham’s current
policy was approved by Cabinet in December 2022 and requires review
in line with updated Department for Education guidance and to
reflect updated pupil yield formula (the number of school pupil
expected from a new housing development).
 

Decision

 

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER NON-EXECUTIVE DECISION

 
 

Date of Decision:
 

31st July 2024

Title:

Updated Section 106 Developer
Education Contributions Policy

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Nicola Curley, Strategic
Director, Children and Young Peoples Services

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

S106 report to Cabinet December
2022, extract from minutes at para 83: In future those costs
would be updated annually to reflect increases in build costs and
as good practice in negotiating Section 106 planning
contributions.

Decision:

Updates to the S106 Policy are
agreed

Reasons for the
Decision:

To ensure that sufficient
funding for education development linked to new housing is
requested, in line with updated DfE pupil yield guidance for
Primary.

Where the decision is
made under specific delegation from a decision
making body, the names of any member of the relevant body
who has declared a conflict of interest in relation to the decision
and name of the body granting the specific delegation and the date
when it did so:
 

None
declared

Reports or parts of
reports considered

The report of the
Strategic Director CYPS – Updated Section 106 Developer
Education Contributions Policy and associated appendices

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the decision in relation
to….
 
The
updated Section 106 Developer Education Contributions
Policy
 
 
 
Signed by the Decision Maker            
                    
Dated
         
31st July 2024
 
Name:         
Nicola Curley                   
 

 
                    
 
 
Job
Title:     Strategic
Director, Children and Young Peoples Services
 
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