Decision details

Disposal of land adjacent to 23 Grange Avenue, Aughton

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The land is currently leased by the owners of 23 Grange Avenue who use the plot for a garage and parking.

 

The land has been declared surplus by Housing Services and in accordance with the adjacent land sales policy it is proposed to dispose of this land to owners of 23 Grange Avenue.

Decision:

 

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER NON-EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

 

Date of Decision:

 

31st January 2025

Title:

Disposal of land adjacent to 23 Grange Avenue, Aughton

 

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Kevin Fisher, Assistant Director Property & Facilities Services

 

Details of Specific Committee Delegation

or Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

 

Decision taken under the powers granted to the property officer under section 29.12 of the Council’s Financial Procurement Procedure Rules.

 

Paragraph 29.12.1 states where the estimated disposal value is less than £100,000 the Property Officer, having taken financial and legal advice, may arrange for the disposal of land or property.

 

Decision:

That the Assistant Director for Property & Facilities Services approves the disposal by agreement of the freehold interest in the land adjacent 23 Grange Avenue Aughton in consultation with the Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Cabinet Member for Transport, Jobs, and the Local Economy

 

 

Reasons for the Decision:

The land is disposed of to the owner of 23 Grange Avenue as an extension to their existing curtilage that provides them with off road parking and garaging. The purchaser already rents the land from the Council and the land has been declared surplus.

 

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:

 

No Conflicts

Reports or parts of reports considered

Not Applicable

 

 

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

 

That the Assistant Director for Property & Facilities Services approves the disposal by agreement of the freehold interest in the land adjacent 23 Grange Avenue Aughton in consultation with the Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Cabinet Member for Transport, Jobs, and the Local Economy

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Signed by the Decision Maker                                  

Dated: 31st January 2025

 

Name: Kevin Fisher                                         

Job Title: Assistant Director Property & Facilities Services

 

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Publication date: 31/01/2025

Date of decision: 31/01/2025

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