Decision details

Updated Section 106 Developer Education Contributions Policy

Decision Maker: Executive Director of Children and Young People's Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

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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Publication date: 06/08/2024

Date of decision: 06/08/2024

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