Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy 2024
21.0 Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES)
21.1 The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (as amended) requires primarily that landlords:
- Have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and provide a copy to tenants whenever they rent their properties out; and
- Ensure all rented homes have at least an E rating on the EPC or have been otherwise registered for a specified exemption.
21.2 Where the Council is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that a landlord has been at any time in the preceding 18 months in breach of one or more of the regulations 23, 36 or 37(4)(a), it may serve a penalty notice which imposes either a financial penalty, publication penalty or both.
21.3 Please Read in conjunction with Adoption of policy to allow penalty charges to be issued to the relevant person for non-compliance of responsibilities under Adoption of policy to allow penalty charges to be issued to the relevant person for non-compliance of responsibilities under The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (PDF, 132 KB)(opens new window)