Agenda item

Report of the Acting Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Recommendations:-

1. That approval be given to the grant of a new Asset Transfer Policy Lease Agreement, as detailed in Option 1 of this report on land at School Lane, Parkgate, as shown edged in blue in the site plan at Appendix 1.

2. That the Assistant Director of Planning Regeneration and Transport negotiate and agree the terms and conditions of the lease.

3. That the Assistant Director of Culture, Sport and Tourism Service agree and monitor the service level agreement.

4. The Assistant Director of Legal Services negotiate and complete the necessary documentation.

Consideration was given to the report which detailed how the recreation ground at School Lane, Parkgate had been leased to Inzone (Yorkshire) Community Interest Company since 2014 under the Asset Transfer Policy. The lessee now wished to surrender their lease and there was a risk that valuable facilities and infrastructure that they have invested in would be lost as a consequence.

It was, therefore, proposed that the lease be reassigned to Rotherham United Community Sports Trust (RUCST) who have confirmed they would purchase, maintain and provide these facilities for continued community use.  RUCST would need to access grant funding to operate and develop the site, and such funding was dependent on them having tenure of the site for twenty-five years without break clauses.  Since this was a deviation from Policy, approval was sought to grant an Asset Transfer Policy Lease Agreement to RUCST without break options and set out the special circumstances which related to this.

Cabinet Members were happy to support the recommendations as this would continue to benefit the community in improving fitness.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the grant of a new Asset Transfer Policy Lease Agreement be approved, as detailed in Option 1 of this report on land at School Lane, Parkgate, as shown edged in blue in the site plan at Appendix 1.

(2)  That the Assistant Director of Planning Regeneration and Transport negotiate and agree the terms and conditions of the lease.

(3)  That the Assistant Director of Culture, Sport and Tourism Service agree and monitor the service level agreement.

(4)  The Assistant Director of Legal Services negotiate and complete the necessary documentation.