Officer Decisions

Date of Decision:

02/01/2025

Title:

Appoint a contractor under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) for an estimated 9 homes in Broom

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer

Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

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

Appoint a contractor under a Pre – Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) for the development of the

Occupation Road site in Broom, which forms part of the Housing Delivery Programme, approved at Cabinet January 2024.

A further programme update was presented to Cabinet on 29^th July 2024.

Cabinet Report: Housing Delivery Programme Report 2024-25 Update, Minute 23.

Printed minutes Monday 29-Jul-2024 10.00 Cabinet.pdf

Decision:

To direct award to R H Fulwoods under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) in relation to the development of the Occupation Road , Broom, which form part of the Housing Delivery Programme.

Reasons for the Decision:

This scheme forms part of a broader package of sites being brought to market.

An outcome of this process is to recommend direct award of a Pre-Construction Services Agreement through the Efficiency North (EN: Procure) New Build framework. Utilising Efficiency North’s Framework Capability Criteria, R H Fullwoods are the highest ranked contractor with capacity to undertake the proposed works in the geographical area.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

A broad range of procurement routes and methods, including alternative frameworks and competitive tenders were extensively considered as part of determining the procurement strategy.

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

None declared.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

Cabinet Report: Housing Delivery Programme Report 2024-25 Update, Minute 23.

Printed minutes Monday 29-Jul-2024 10.00 Cabinet.pdf

Date of Decision:

8^th January 2025

Title:

Council Tax Base 2025-26

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Judith Badger

Strategic Director, Finance & Customer Services

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

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

Budget Council Meeting – 27th February 2019.

Appendix 9 of the Constitution – Responsibility for Functions

Decision:

To determine the Council Tax Base for 2025/26 financial year. In accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 governing its calculation, it is determined that the Council’s Tax Base for the financial year 2025/26 is 73,602.07 Band D Equivalent Properties.

Reasons for the Decision:

To comply with statutory requirements to enable the setting of the Council Tax for 2025/26.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

None.

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

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

Report to the Strategic Director – Finance and Customer Services – Calculation of the Council Tax Base 2025/26.

Date of Decision:

6^th January, 2025

Title:

Anti-Social Behaviour Policy Refresh

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Sam Barstow, Assistant Director, Community Safety & Street Scene

Details of Specific Committee Delegation

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

In accordance with the Council’s constitution and sub-scheme of delegation, the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment is authorised in accordance

with the Officer Delegation Scheme to carry out functions on behalf of Council and

the Executive.

Decision:

To adopt the refreshed and reviewed Policy

Reasons for the Decision:

The Council is statutorily obliged under section 12 Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003, to prepare and publish statements of their policies and procedures in relation to Anti-social Behaviour, and to keep these up to date.

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:

None

Reports or parts of reports considered

The Council’s Anti-social Behaviour Policy 2021

The report – ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR POLICY REFRESH

Date of Decision:

24^th December 2024

Title:

Dinnington Compulsory Purchase Order

Decision Maker:

Simon Moss, Assistant Director Planning, Regeneration & Transport

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

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

The Cabinet resolution October 2024 (minute 63), amongst other things, delegated to the Council’s Property Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy and the Assistant Director of Legal Services, to:

a)    Take all necessary steps to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of the CPO, including, making further amendments by way of finalising the draft Statement of Reason (Appendix 3) the publication and service of all relevant notices and the presentation of the Council’s case at any future local public inquiry;

b)    Consider the outcome of the Equalities Impact Assessment and ensure appropriate steps are taken to meet the Council’s Public Sector Equalities Duty.

Having consulted with the Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy, the Assistant Director of Legal Services, and the Council’s Property Officer makes the following decision for reasons set out in the report:

a)    having considered the outcome of the Equalities Impact Assessment in accordance with the Council’s obligations pursuant to the Equality Act 2015 is satisfied that the Council has taken into account and paid due regard to the aims and objectives of its public sector equality duty and has considered what actions it will take to mitigate any negative impacts on particular protected groups as set out below.   

b)    In light of the decision in 1 above, and having now finalised the form and content of the Statement of Reasons, to approve the making of the CPO taking all steps necessary, to secure the confirmation of the CPO

Cllr Robert Taylor, Cabinet Member for Jobs & the Local Economy 20^th December 2024

Phil Horsfield, Assistant Director Legal Services 23^rd December 2024

Decision:

Implementation of the Cabinet resolution in October 2024 to make and seek confirmation of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) for the acquisition of land and property interests identified on the plan and in the schedule in Appendix 1 and 2.

Reasons for the Decision:

To enable the purchase of all property required to facilitate the implementation of the Council’s Dinnington Regeneration project which will see improvements to the high street including a new market provision, 6 new retail units, refurbished units and public realm fronting Laughton Road.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Cabinet resolved in October 2024 to pursue the recommended option as follows:

“Acquire the outstanding interests by CPO and develop the approved scheme.”

This option was considered to provide the greatest degree of certainty that the scheme can be delivered by the Council.

Other options considered can be seen in detail in the October 2024 Cabinet report and are listed below:

·       Option 1: Do Nothing

·       Option 2: Deliver a smaller scheme based on the Council’s current ownership.

·       Option 3: Focus entirely on acquiring the Order Land by negotiation and redevelop it for the proposed Scheme.

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

Reports or parts of reports considered

Dinnington Compulsory Purchase Order Officer Decision

Appendix 1: Dinnington Order Land Plan

Appendix 2: CPO Schedule (exempt)

Appendix 3: Statement of Reasons (exempt)

Appendix 4: Statutory Notice for Implementation

Appendix 5: Equality Impact Assessment Initial Screening

Appendix 6: Equality Impact Full Assessment

Appendix 7: Carbon Impact Assessment

Date of Decision:

17th December 2024

Title:

Review of the Rotherham MBC House to House Collection Policy

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Sam Barstow

Assistant Director of Community Safety and Street Scene

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

There is no specific delegation in relation to this decision, however the general delegations within section 4C6 of Appendix 9 to the Council’s Constitution (Responsibility for Functions) and the Regeneration & Environment Sub-Scheme of Delegation are applicable to this decision:

“The discharge of any executive 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, and any non-executive functions not otherwise reserved to the Licensing Board, or any other person or body discharging non-executive functions in accordance with executive arrangements made by the Council, in respect of the legislation listed below (including and any future modifications, enlargements or amendments).”

The House to House Collections Act 1939 is listed in this section.

Brief Description of Decision:

1.    That the findings of the officer review of the House to House Collection Policy are noted.

2.    That the House to House Collection Policy is further reviewed in December 2029.

Reasons for the Decision:

The review has confirmed that the current House to House Policy is effectively delivering its aims and objectives, and therefore further revision is currently unnecessary.  This position will be reassessed during the next formal review which is scheduled to take place in December 2029.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

1.    The current policy could be disregarded and the Council would instead rely on the statutory text.

This option was rejected as it would limit the clarity of the process and Council expectations, including the value of collections that is returned to charities, and the times at which collections might be considered to be unreasonable.

2.    A full formal review of the policy could be carried out prior to the scheduled 2029 review.

This option was rejected as it would be unlikely to result in any amendments to the policy, as the findings of the consultation carried out in 2023 have been incorporated into the current policy and feedback from applicants, officers and members of Licensing Board is that the current policy is delivering its aims and objectives and therefore a further review is unnecessary.

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

None.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None.

Reports or parts of reports considered

Officer review of Rotherham MBC House to House Collection Policy and associated appendices.