Officer Decisions

Officers exercise delegated decision making powers in respect of both non-executive and executive functions of the Council.

The present Scheme of Delegation from the Leader of the Council, which sets out how executive functions will be discharged, provides for delegated decision making by officers. Appendix 9 of the Constitution sets out the non-executive functions delegated to officers. All executive functions, other than those reserved by Cabinet, may be discharged by officers.

The Chief Executive and Strategic Directors of the Council have established their own sub-schemes of delegation detailing which and how both non-executive and executive functions will be discharged on behalf of the authority.

Decision records for the discharge of functions by officers are published below. These decision records set out the following information:-

  • Date of the decision.
  • Decision maker name and job title.
  • Specific delegated power (if any).
  • Brief description of the decision.
  • Reasons for the decision.
  • Details of alternative options considered and rejected.
  • Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision.
  • Dispensations granted (if any).
  • Reports considered.

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Officer Decisions

30/11/2022 - (R&E) Seasonal Closure of Cycle Hire at Rother Valley Country Park ref: 1394    Recommendations Approved

To temporarily close the cycle-hire centre at Rother Valley Country Park in the off season (2nd December to mid-February)

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Decision published: 08/12/2022

Effective from: 30/11/2022

Decision:

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

30 November 2022

 

Title:

Seasonal Closure of Cycle Hire at Rother Valley Country Park

 

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Neil Best

Head of Commercial Development and Visitor Experience

 

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

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

 

Executive function (General delegation)

 

Delegated to Assistant Director – Culture, Sport and Tourism, Head of Creative Programming & Engagement Head of Commercial & Visitor Experience Head of Operations & Business Transformation Head of Strategic Projects & Partnerships Culture, Sport & Tourism Service Manager

 

“Operational management and maintenance of Galleries, Museums, Designated Heritage Site(s), Music venues, Libraries, Parks, Country Parks, countryside sites and other cultural, leisure, recreational, play, green space and tourism destinations in partnership with Asset Management”.

 

Decision:

To temporarily close the cycle-hire centre at Rother Valley Country Park in the off season (2nd December to mid-February)

 

Reasons for the Decision:

The Water Sports centre at Rother Valley Country Park closes every year from the beginning of December to mid-February. Historically the cycle hire centre has continued to operate during this period.

 

However, analysis of data for bookings for this period shows very low participation and that the operation is loss making to c £5k through Winter until February half-term.

 

Closing will enable the site to avoid cost associated with operating the centre too little financial or customer advantage and to redeploy staff into other frontline roles during that period.

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Continue to open through the off-season and operate at a loss of c£5k. 

 

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

No conflicts of interest, but comments recorded in favour of this approach

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

Not applicable

 

Reports or parts of reports considered

None

 

I certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to temporarily close the cycle-hire centre at Rother Valley Country Park in the off season (2nd December to mid-February)

 

Signed by the Decision Maker  

Dated:          1 December 2022

 

Name:          Neil Best                          

Job Title:    Head of Commercial Development and Visitor Experience

 

 

Lead officer: Neil Best


21/11/2022 - (R&E) Bassetlaw Local Plan: Statements of Common Ground ref: 1393    Recommendations Approved

Local planning authorities have a statutory “duty to cooperate” with other relevant bodies in order to encourage and enable strategic planning. In preparing their Local Plan, Bassetlaw have identified a number of strategic and cross boundary issues on which agreement is sought with Rotherham and a number of other Councils.

 

As a result, Bassetlaw Council has prepared two Statements of Common Ground to support submission of its Local Plan for examination on:

-       Bassetlaw Local Plan

-       A1 corridor specifically regarding the Apleyhead Junction Strategic Employment site allocation

There are some implications for Rotherham arising from the Statements which will be detailed in the report.

 

Being a signatory to the Statement will benefit Rotherham in demonstrating how the Council has cooperated on strategic issues and identifies outstanding areas of disagreement.

 

The recommendation is that the Council be a signatory to the Bassetlaw Local Plan Statement of Common Ground and A1 Corridor Statement of Common Ground.

 

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Decision published: 07/12/2022

Effective from: 21/11/2022

Decision:

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

  

Date of Decision:

21st November, 2022

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Simon Moss

Assistant Director – Planning, Regeneration and Transport

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Sub Scheme of Delegation

Strategic Director of Regeneration of Environment

 

Assistant Director – Planning, Regeneration and Transport Head of Planning and Transport/ Planning Policy Manager

 

To agree any statements of common ground, memorandums of understanding or other formal statements regarding the Rotherham local plan or other local planning authorities’ local plans. Agreements to be made in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member.

 

Brief Description of Decision:

That the Council be a signatory to the Bassetlaw Local Plan Statements of Common Ground.

 

Reasons for the Decision:

 

 

In preparing their Local Plan, Bassetlaw District Council has identified a number of strategic and cross boundary issues on which agreement is sought. Rotherham officers have input to the draft Statements at various stages and are content with the wording. The majority of these agreements have no significant implications for Rotherham and focus on continued engagement and sharing of information. However, the Councils have set out areas of disagreement in the Bassetlaw Local Plan Statement of Common Ground that the proposed Apleyhead Junction strategic employment allocation would have significant implications for increased traffic congestion, community severance and carbon emissions in the South of Rotherham. These issues are the subject of ongoing discussions and joint working with Bassetlaw on a A57 Improvement Plan to seek appropriate mitigation measures.

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

 

An alternative option is that the Council does not sign the Statements of Common Ground. This may be detrimental to ongoing co-operation with Bassetlaw District Council, including the ability for the Council to negotiate and prepare its own Statement of Common Ground to support the partial update of the Core Strategy. Being a signatory to the Statement would be of significant benefit to the Council in demonstrating to the planning inspector an active engagement in strategic planning across the city region. Meeting the duty to cooperate is a statutory requirement, if the inspector deems it has not been met a local plan examination cannot continue. The duty cannot be met retrospectively. It is therefore advisable that the Council does all it can to meet the duty in the preliminary stages of the Local Plan Core Strategy partial update prior to submitting the plan for examination.

 

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

 

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

 

Reports or parts of reports considered

Delegated Decision Report – Bassetlaw Local Plan Statements of Common Ground

 

I certify that this is a true record of the executive decision in relation to Bassetlaw Local Plan Statements of Common Ground

 

 

Signed by the Decision Maker  Simon Moss                        

Dated: 21st November, 2022

Name: Simon Moss

Job Title: Assistant Director, Planning, Regeneration & Transport

 

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Lead officer: Winsze Lam