I kindly request that you provide me with the following information relating to the enforcement of the Non-Domestic Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) within your local authority’s jurisdiction. Please provide information for non-domestic properties only.
1. In respect of non-domestic properties only, how many tenant-reported breaches of the MEES Regulations did the LA receive in the following periods:
a. 01.04.2018 (when the MEES Regulations came into effect) to 31.03.2022
b. 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2023
c. Since 01.04.2023
We have not been able to identify any information that meets the terms of this request.
2. In respect of non-domestic properties only, how many compliance notices in total have the LA issued during the following periods:
a. 01.04.2018 (when the MEES Regulations came into effect) to 31.03.2022
b. 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2023
c. Since 01.04.2023
We have not issued any such Notices.
3. In respect of non-domestic properties only, how many penalty notices in total have the LA issued during the following periods:
a. 01.04.2018 (when the MEES Regulations came into effect) to 31.03.2022
b. 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2023
c. Since 01.04.2023
We have not issued any such Notices.
4. In respect of non-domestic properties only, what is the total monetary value of the MEES-related penalty notices issued during the following periods:
a. 01.04.2018 (when the MEES Regulations came into effect) to 31.03.2022
b. 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2023
c. Since 01.04.2023
We have not issued any such Notices.
5. In respect of non-domestic properties only, how many publication penalties have been issued by the LA during the following periods:
a. 01.04.2018 (when the MEES Regulations came into effect) to 31.03.2022
b. 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2023
c. Since 01.04.2023
We have not issued any such Penalties.
6. In respect of non-domestic properties only, how does the LA identify properties that are not compliant with the MEES Regulation?
We receive information from contacts made to the Citizen’s Advice Consumer Service, as well as from businesses directly via our Customer Service Centres. Additionally we have entered information-sharing agreements with many of our District Councils to share any information relating to property rental sectors.
7. Does the LA have one or more individuals with specific responsibility for the compliance of non-domestic properties with the MEES Regulations? If so, which team, function or department are they part of?
This function lies with the Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service whose Trading Standards officers are authorised under the legislation.
All the above responses relate to the Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service up to April 2021 and from that date to the Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service which additionally covers the area of Plymouth City Council.