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Housing Renewal Enforcement Policy (including Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards Enforcement)
Meeting: 04/01/2021 - Cabinet (Item 300)
Additional documents:
Decision:
1. The revised Housing Renewal Enforcement Policy (Version 3.0) is approved
2. Cabinet are recommended to delegate future minor amendments to the Assistant Director Housing and Built Environment and Chief Legal Officer in consultation with the Lead Member
Minutes:
The Managing Director introduced a report to agree substantive amendments to the Housing Renewal Enforcement Policy in order to undertake enforcement in respect of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (known as the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards Regulations – “MEES”).
In March 2020 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy approached Hastings Borough Council to express an interest in piloting an enforcement toolkit for MEES. Officers submitted an expression of interest and were successful in being selected as one of 10 local authorities to pilot the enforcement toolkit. As part of this pilot Hastings Borough Council were awarded £100,000 of funding.
Due to the way MEES is enforced a review of the Housing Renewal Enforcement Policy has taken place to include the provisions required to robustly enforce the regulations.
Councillor Batsford proposed approval of the recommendations, seconded by Councillor Rogers.
RESOLVED (unanimously):
1. The revised Housing Renewal Enforcement Policy (Version 3.0) is approved
2. Cabinet are recommended to delegate future minor amendments to the Assistant Director Housing and Built Environment and Chief Legal Officer in consultation with the Lead Member
Reasons:
Due to the substantive changes proposed to the previously approved Housing Renewal Enforcement Policy Cabinet approval is required.
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