Officer Decisions

Date of Decision:

30^th October, 2025

Title:

Sex Establishment Policy Review 2025

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Sam Barstow, Assistant Director Community Safety and Street Scene

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Regeneration and Environment Sub Scheme of delegation, section 7 authorises the Assistant Director as follows-

7.       Other functions

Any function not otherwise reserved to the full Council, the Cabinet, a committee of the Cabinet, a member of the Cabinet, a joint committee discharging executive functions or another local authority, relevant to the Assistant Director’s portfolio.

Decision:

Confirm that the Sex Establishment Policy continues to meet its aims and should remain in place pending a full review in 2030.

Reasons for the Decision:

To confirm that the policy remains relevant and appropriate prior and to formalise that a review should take place in 2030.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

The Council could have undertaken a full review of the current policy.  This would require the approval of a draft policy by Cabinet followed by full consultation and engagement with stakeholder groups.  A proposed policy would then be submitted for approval by Cabinet.

This option was not recommended as the current policy has been in place for less than two years following the full review in 2023.  The light touch review of the policy by officers has confirmed that the current policy is meeting the aims and objectives and therefore a further review is unnecessary.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None.

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

None.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None.

Reports or parts of reports relevant to the decision being taken:

The report of the Alan Pogorzelec – Sex Establishment Licensing Policy Review

Date of Decision:

27^th October, 2025

Title:

Pride in Place Impact Fund: Acceptance of Grant Funding

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Andrew Bramidge, Strategic Director Regeneration & Environment

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Sub Scheme of Delegation 

Strategic Director of Regeneration of Environment page 22

The implementation of any functions associated with any grant/funding regime, including, but not limited to, National Grants/funding, SYMCA funds, Grants & Programmes and European Funding/Grants. 

Decision:

Acceptance of the £1.5m Pride in Place Impact Fund through the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Reasons for the Decision:

In September 2025 Government announced its Pride in Place initiative. Within this initiative sits a £150m funding allocation known as Pride in Place Impact Fund. Rotherham is a recipient of this funding and the Council has been allocated £1.5m capital within the funding period Sept 2025 to March 2027.

The initiative aims to provide immediate support to deliver improvements to high streets, places and spaces of community value.

This Officer decision relates to the acceptance of the funding through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, to be returned to Government by 7^th November 2025.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

The Council could choose not to accept the £1.5m funding and not sign the MOU. This option is not recommended.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None declared

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

NA

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

NA

Reports or parts of reports relevant to the decision being taken:

Delegated Officer Decision Record – 20^th October 2025

Appendix 1: Memorandum of Understanding between The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Report signed by Andrew Bramidge, Strategic Director Regeneration & Environment.

Date of Decision:

24th October 2025

Title:

The Temporary Closure of Rotherham’s Household Waste Recycling Centres to Allow for Line Marking Renewal

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Sam Barstow – Assistant Director for Community Safety and Street Scene

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Sub-scheme of Delegation - Strategic Director of Regeneration of Environment page 7 refers:

7. Other functions

Any function not otherwise reserved to the full Council, the Cabinet, a committee of the Cabinet, a member of the Cabinet, a joint committee discharging executive functions or another local authority, relevant to the Assistant Director’s portfolio.

Decision:

To approve the temporary closure of Lidget Lane, Warren Vale and Car Hill Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) to allow for the removal of worn / faded line marking and the application of new.

To facilitate the safe removal and renewal of line marking, each site will be required to close to the public.

It is planned to commence line marking works within the first weeks of November 2025.

-       Lidget Lane HWRC – closed Tuesday 4^th of November

-       Warren Vale – Closed Wednesday 5^th and Thursday 6^th of November

Car Hill – Closed Tuesday 11^th and Wednesday 12^th of November

Sites will reopen promptly upon completion of the works. During these temporary closures, staff from the affected locations will be redeployed to the remaining operational sites to support increased resident demand and ensure continued service delivery.

Reasons for the Decision:

The markings are critical for ensuring safe traffic flow, clear bay identification, and compliance with health and safety standards. The existing markings have significantly faded, increasing the risk of vehicle and pedestrian incidents on site.

The line marking in previous years has been overlaid, resulting in a raised surface which will need removing prior to renewing – therefore two sites will need to close for two consecutive days for removal of old, and renewal.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Line marking is a traffic management requirement regarding health and safety legislation.

There are no other alternatives to line marking.

The site cannot be open to the public during removal and renewal of line marking due to the associated hazards. Additionally, paint requires sufficient drying time before vehicles can safely drive over the marked areas.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

N/A

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

N/A

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports relevant to the decision being taken:

N/A

Date of Decision:

15^th October 2025

Title:

Children's Capital of Culture Family Learning Community Grants

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Polly Hamilton, Assistant Director Culture Sport and Tourism

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Sub-Scheme of Delegation – Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

·       Authorisation of grants up to a value of £25000 according to the Council’s criteria for cultural, leisure and events grants (Pg32)

• The implementation of any functions associated with any grant/funding regime, including, but not limited to, National Grants/funding, SYMCA funds, Grants & Programmes and European Funding/Grants. (Pg22)  

Decision:

Award Children’s Capital of Culture Family Learning Community Grants to twelve organisations recommended by the Family Learning Commissioning Panel.

Reasons for the Decision:

Rotherham Museums, Arts & Heritage Service has been commissioned by the Cultural Partnership Board to

deliver a programme of family learning activities as part of its

Arts Council England Place Partnership Funding.

The family learning programme includes targeted

interventions bringing care homes and early years settings

together and two rounds of open grants to support grass

roots community organisations to deliver family learning

programmes locally programme between major events. This

decision relates to the second round of application to spend

the remaining £14, 098 of the funding.

The closed round of family learning grants received 2

applications, of which 2 met the criteria and 2 are

recommended for approval. The remaining funding will be

used for two community network events and targeted

commissions.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Do Nothing – Without the grants programme the Museums, Arts & Heritage service would not be able to deliver a Family Programme to the scale and diversity required by the Arts Council England funding as set out in the original bid proposal. In addition, many of the groups supported would not have the capacity to deliver grass roots activities to the scale and quality proposed in the programmes above.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

No conflicts of interest declared.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

n/a

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

No conflicts of interest declared.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

n/a

Reports or parts of reports considered

Children’s Capital of Culture Family Learning Grants

Appendix 1   Equality Screening and Analysis Part A & B

Appendix 2   Carbon Impact Assessment