Decision details

(Report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health)

Consideration was given to the adoption of a policy for determining the level of financial penalty for non-compliance by landlords with the Domestic Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations in the Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council area. 

Following consideration by the Communities and Housing Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Housing resolved that:

(1)  the policy for determining the level of financial penalty for non-compliance with the Domestic Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations in the Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council area set out at Annex 1 to the report be endorsed; and

(2)  authority be delegated to the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing, to increase the length of time limit above the minimum 12 months a publication penalty is publicised on the PRS Exemptions Register if determined appropriate.