Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

To invite Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or personal interests they may have in any matter which is to be considered at this meeting, to confirm the nature of those interests and whether they intend to leave the meeting for the consideration of the item.

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive questions from members of the public who wish to ask a general question in respect of matters within the Council’s area of responsibility or influence.

Subject to the Chair’s discretion, members of the public may ask one question and one supplementary question, which should relate to the original  ...  view the full agenda text for item 142.

There were two questions from members of the public:

1.    A question was received from Mr Hussain who sought an update in respect of negotiations with Dignity regarding the cemetery contracts and an update on the independent review document on which the Council were conducting factual accuracy checks.

In his  ...  view the full minutes text for item 142.

To receive the record of proceedings of the Cabinet meeting held on Monday 17 March 2025.

Resolved:-

That the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 17 March 2025 were approved as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

Agenda Item 8 has exempt appendices. Therefore, if necessary when considering this item, the Chair will move the following resolution:-

That under Section 100(A) 4 of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves  ...  view the full agenda text for item 144.

Minute 147 Sheffield Road had an exempt appendices - The Chair advised that Appendix 1 and 2 to Minute 147 (Acquisition of land and property at Sheffield Road, S60 1DA) were exempt under Paragraph 3, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1974. However, the meeting remained open to the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 144.

Report by the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1. Approve the application for Discretionary Business Rate Relief for Hope Church Rotherham.

2. Refuse the application for Target Housing Limited.

Consideration was given to the report which presented the application for the award of Discretionary Business Rate Relief for Hope Church Rotherham and Target Housing Limited in accordance with the Council’s Discretionary Business Rates Relief Policy (approved by Cabinet on 12th December 2016).

Both applications were considered against the Council's  ...  view the full minutes text for item 145.

Report from the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet agree:

1. That provisional allocations of the Household Support Fund Grant of £4.387m be made as follows:
   1. £2.687m for food vouchers to children eligible for free school meals for school holidays up to and including Easter 2026.
   2. £950k towards the estimated costs  ...  view the full agenda text for item 146.

Consideration was given to the report which detailed that the Household Support Fund (HSF) had been extended by Government from April 2025 to March 2026, with £742m of funding available in England. Government had also produced accompanying detailed guidance setting out how the resource could be used. As with previous  ...  view the full minutes text for item 146.

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations

1. That Cabinet endorse the allocation of the ‘Strategic Acquisition Fund’ to undertake the acquisition of land and property at Sheffield Road, shown in Appendix 1.

2. To authorise the Assistant Director of Property and Facilities Services to agree the terms and  ...  view the full agenda text for item 147.

Councillor Taylor, Cabinet Member for Transport, Jobs, and the Local Economy advised that the Council's regeneration of the Town Centre was well underway.  Forge Island was up and running with more exciting developments expected in the upcoming weeks and months. Work was also well underway on the markets and library,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 147.

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:-

1. Approve acceptance of the Council’s indicative allocation of the Economic Inactivity Trailblazer funding to deliver activity targeted at implementing an integrated employment, skills and health system.

2. Approve use of the funding to manage the programme, commission community-based engagement  ...  view the full agenda text for item 148.

Consideration was given to the report which outlined a strategic initiative to be implemented across South Yorkshire to reduce economic inactivity by integrating employment, skills and health services and sought Cabinet approval to accept funding and implement the programme.

With £1.7m in funding for Rotherham from the Department for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 148.

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet: -

1. Approves a public consultation on the draft Supplementary Planning Document at Appendix 1.

2. Notes that following consultation a further report be brought to Cabinet to approve the adoption of the Supplementary Planning Document.

Consideration was given to the report which Consideration was given to the report which sought Cabinet approval to undertake public consultation on the draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) ‘Householder Design Guide’.

Rotherham’s Local Plan provided the framework for determining planning applications whilst Supplementary Planning Documents provided additional detail and guidance  ...  view the full minutes text for item 149.

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendation:

That Cabinet approve the draft Licensing Act Statement of Licensing Policy attached to this report as Appendix 1 for consultation in accordance with the requirements of the Licensing Act 2003.

Consideration was given to the report which presented the draft Policy to Cabinet for review and approval prior to the commencement of a period of statutory consultation.

It was noted that a further report would be presented to Cabinet after the consultation had concluded for approval of the final Statement  ...  view the full minutes text for item 150.

To receive a report detailing the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board in respect of the above items that were subject to pre-decision scrutiny on Tuesday 8 April 2025.

Consideration was given to the circulated report, the contents of which were included as part of the relevant items and the details included accordingly.

The next meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Monday 12 May 2025 commencing at 10.00am in Rotherham Town Hall.

Resolved:

That the next meeting of the Cabinet would be held on Monday 12 May 2025 at 10.00 am.