Council house EPC ratings & MEES
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Bromsgrove District Council as part of a batch sent to 181 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Bromsgrove District Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s homes and MEES enforcements in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by a housing department or similar.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:
1. What is the energy efficiency of the council's homes (managed or owned by the council)? Please provide either a distribution table with the number of buildings for each EPC rating or the percentage of the council’s homes that have received an EPC rating of C or above.
2. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and enforcement actions that the council did, related to MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) in the 2021/22 financial year.
Where data is available separately for each statistic please provide separately. If only some information is available, please give me that information.
I would prefer to receive information in a machine readable format, such as CSV files for data, where possible.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Our Reference: 10001
Dear Hannah,
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Dear foi BDC,
Thank you for taking the time to look at the FOI/EIR request I have submitted.
This is a polite reminder that the legal deadline by which you needed to respond to the FOI/EIR request was 13th February 2023, which has now passed.
I would be very grateful if you could ensure that you respond to this request as soon as you can.
All the best,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Hannah,
I am sorry for the delay in our response to your request.
I have sent a reminder to the team, and we will respond as soon as we can.
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Nicola Brothwell (She/her)
Information Support Officer, Business Development
Bromsgrove District & Redditch Borough Councils
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Bromsgrove District Council
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Redditch Borough Council
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Redditch
Worcestershire
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Our Reference: 10001
Dear Hannah,
Thank you for your Information request. I can now offer you the following
information:
1. What is the energy efficiency of the council's homes (managed or owned
by the council)? Please provide either a distribution table with the
number of buildings for each EPC rating or the percentage of the council’s
homes that have received an EPC rating of C or above. The Council does
not have any housing stock
2. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and
enforcement actions that the council did, related to MEES (Minimum Energy
Efficiency Standards) in the 2021/22 financial year. 0
I hope this resolves your enquiry and that you are satisfied with the
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Regards,
Nicola Brothwell (She/her)
Information Support Officer, Business Development
Bromsgrove District & Redditch Borough Councils
Mon - Information Management all day
Tues – Info Mgmt 9-1, Legal 1:30 – 5
Wed – Legal all day
Thurs - Info Mgmt 9-1, Legal 1:30 – 5
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Tel: 01527 881661
Email: [4][email address]
Bromsgrove District Council Redditch Borough Council
Parkside Town Hall
Market Street, Walter Stranz Square
Bromsgrove, Redditch
Worcestershire Worcestershire
B61 8DA B98 8AH
[5]www.bromsgrove.gov.uk [6]www.redditchbc.gov.uk
View our privacy and fair processing notices –
Redditch:
[7]http://www.redditchbc.gov.uk/council/cor...
Bromsgrove:
[8]http://www.bromsgrove.gov.uk/council/cor...
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