Cancellation of Incorrect or Defective Reports
With the publication of historical EPC data in England & Wales by DCLG, it has become clear
that Energy Assessors may not be cancelling defective or incorrect reports and leaving them on
the Register.
We have recently received data from Landmark that up to 23,000 properties could have
multiple incorrect EPCs lodged against them. In one instance, an Energy Assessor had lodged 7
reports for one property on the same day, with the rating varying slightly in all of them. As part
of the entire EPC dataset, nearly a quarter of all lodgements ever made is likely to be a multiple.
The QA team, in recent months, have cancelled well over 1,200 defective EPCs which had been
replaced following auditing failures but never removed by the Energy Assessor.
There is a common misconception that lodging a new report will ‘supersede’ any live reports
from the Register. Whilst it is true that the newer report will be the first one to be downloaded,
any reports with errors will still be showing as ‘Entered’ on the Register and therefore, part of
property history for that building, as well as being against your name as the Energy Assessor.
Obviously, there are a number of reasons why multiple EPCs may be lodged against a specific
property UPRN, but this is specifically looking at instances where you have lodged a new report
to replace one which has an issue with it. The issue could relate to an auditing failure or
feedback from a client. We should note that a specific RdSAP Convention relates to this matter:
Convention 9.03 – If you lodge an EPC in error and lodge a corrected EPC, inform your
accreditation scheme so that the erroneous one can be marked “not for issue”.
Quidos would request that all Energy Assessors review their lodgements and, where an
incorrect report has been replaced, cancel the incorrect RRN as soon as possible.
Energy Assessors ARE NOT CHARGED for cancelling reports.
