Issue - meetings

Members considered a report on the proposed introduction of a penalty charge of up to £5,000 relating to the Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency Regulations 2015.

Members and officers provided comment on the report:

·         More work with landlords could have been demonstrated within the report; in particular assistance from the Authority to landlords in meeting these requirements around energy efficiency;

·         The report was purely about energy efficiency, and only affected private landlords and not social landlords;

·         In the future, unpalatable decisions may need to be made to meet the target of carbon neutrality;

·         The penalty charge should be used to encourage less effective landlords to raise standards, rather than being used as a punishment against good landlords.

The Chairman moved a second recommendation from the Chair regarding investigating what could be done with any potential profits from this scheme, which was seconded and agreed to by committee.  It was then:

                        RESOLVED to:

(1)  Approve the introduction of the penalty charge of up to £5,000 relating to the Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency Regulations 2015;

(2)  Request that proposals be brought forward to Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to see if any monies from this scheme could be used for remedial works to properties; this would be subject to eligibility.