THE DOMESTIC PRIVATE RENTED PROPERTY MINIMUM STANDARD
Guidance for landlords and Local Authorities on the minimum level of energy efficiency required to let domestic property under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, as amended.
This section is a distillation of the published Government regulations and was correct at the time of incorporating within the GO LOCAL EPC site. For a copy of the full original document please select this link THE DOMESTIC PRIVATE RENTED PROPERTY MINIMUM STANDARD. This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated.
THE DOMESTIC PRIVATE RENTED PROPERTY MINIMUM STANDARD
Chapter 1: How the Regulations Apply to Domestic Property
1.1 Domestic private rented sector (PRS) scope 14
1.1.1 Properties covered by the minimum level of energy efficiency provisions 14
1.1.2 Relevant Tenancies 15
1.1.3 Meeting the minimum standard, and sub-standard property 16
1.1.4 Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings 16
1.2 When do the minimum level of energy efficiency provisions apply? 24
1.2.1 Prohibition on letting sub-standard domestic property 24
1.2.2 Subletting of domestic property 25
1.3. Mixed use properties and tenancy types 27
Frequently Asked Questions Relevant to Chapter One 30
Chapter 2: Minimum Standards Improvements and Funding
2.1 Relevant energy efficiency improvements 34
2.1.1 Relevant energy efficiency improvements and recommendations reports 34
2.1.2 “Relevant energy efficiency improvements” and funding 36
Third-party funding options 37
Landlord self-funding and the cost cap 39
Chapter 4: Exclusions and Exemptions
4.1 Exemptions 56
4.1.1 Where all “relevant improvements” have been made and the property remains below
EPC E 56
4.1.2 Where a recommended measure is not a “relevant improvement” because its cost would exceed the cost cap 57
4.1.3 Wall insulation exemption 58
4.1.4 Third-party consent exemption 59
4.1.5 Property devaluation exemption 62
4.1.6 Temporary exemption due to recently becoming a landlord 63
Chapter 5: The PRS Exemptions Register
5.1 The PRS Exemptions Register 68
Public access to the Register 69 Exemption lengths 69
5.1.1 General principles of the Register 70
5.2 Exemptions Register data and evidence requirements 71
Chapter 6: Enforcement of the Domestic Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency
6.1 Compliance and enforcement 77
6.1.1 Enforcement authorities 77
6.1.2 When the enforcement authority may decide to serve a compliance notice 78
6.2 Penalties 79
6.2.1 Financial penalties 79
6.2.2 Publication penalty 81
6.2.3 Circumstances in which a penalty notice may be served 82
6.2.4 What will be included in a penalty notice 82
6.2.5 Circumstances in which a penalty notice may be reviewed or withdrawn 84
6.2.6 Recovery of financial penalties 84
6.3 Appeals 85
6.3.1 Appeals to the First-tier Tribunal 85
6.3.2 How to apply to the First-tier Tribunal 86
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