Purpose

Approval to enter into contract with Avant
Homes to purchase 30 new homes from the Waverley 3B development in
Waverley.

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

17 June 2024
 

Title:

Strategic acquisition of 30 new
homes from the Waverley 3B development in Waverley
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

James Clark, Assistant Director
of Housing
 
 

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

The decision is in-line with
the Cabinet delegation most recently set out within the Housing
Delivery Programme Report – 2024/25, approved by Cabinet 22
January 2024:
 
Recommendation 3:
That Cabinet – approves
the purchase of homes from any of the schemes identified in Exempt
Appendix 5.

Decision:

Approval to enter into contract
with Avant Homes to purchase 30 new homes from the Waverley 3B
development in Waverley, also known as Sorby Park –
identified in Appendix 5 to the January 2024 Cabinet
report.
 
The Council will
purchase:
·       
12, 2-bedroom apartments
·       
12, 3-bedroom houses
·       
Six, 4-bedroom houses
 
The homes will
be brought into the Council’s existing housing stock and made
available to applicants from the Housing
Register.
 

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:

Acquisition of the homes forms
part of the Council’s commitment to deliver hundreds of new
Council homes between January 2018 and March 2026. The Cabinet
report highlights that these homes are needed because there is an
evidenced need for affordable homes across the Borough and as the
cost-of-living continues to affect communities, more people than
ever will turn to the Council for financial support, advice, and
housing.
 

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
Delivery Programme 2024/25.
 
Full Business Case (FBC)
– Strategic Acquisitions – Sorby Park, Waverley
(Waverley 3B). 
 

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
….
 
Enter into contract with Avant
Homes to purchase 30 new homes from the Waverley 3B development in
Waverley.
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
 

 
Dated:
6 August 2024      
 
Name:         
Ian Spicer               
 
Job
Title:    Strategic Director, Adult Care,
Housing and Public Health
 
 
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