1 October 2030
Your rental needs a C.
1,846,062 privately rented homes in England and Wales are rated below EPC C today. If one of them is yours, you have until October 2030 to move it up.
The line
Bands A to C pass. D to G don't.
That one boundary decides whether you can legally let a property from October 2030. It isn't a target or a recommendation. It's the minimum.
Here's how the whole private rented sector sits against it right now, counted from every certificate on the register.
3,487,168 privately rented homes with a current certificate. 53% of them are below the line.
The rules
Three things worth knowing
The date is fixed
All privately rented property in England and Wales must reach the equivalent of EPC C by 1 October 2030. There is a single deadline for all tenancies; the earlier 2028 new-tenancy date was dropped.
You aren't expected to spend without limit
Landlords are required to spend up to £10,000 per property. Above that, an exemption may apply.
A recent C buys you time
An EPC rated C or higher on the existing Energy Efficiency Rating, issued before 1 October 2029, counts as compliant until that certificate expires.
Source: EPC C deadline, checked 21 September 2026. We re-check these before they go stale, and the site won't build with a figure older than 90 days.
The good news
Most of them can get there.
92% of the rented homes below C already have a potential rating of C or better on their existing certificate. That's the assessor's own estimate of where the property lands once the recommended work is done.
It doesn't mean the work is cheap or easy. It does mean the target is usually reachable without anything drastic.
1,690,516
of 1,846,062 sub-C rentals could reach C on the measures already recommended for them
Your area
Start with the region, finish with the postcode
Every local authority and postcode district in England and Wales, with the band mix of its rented stock. Postcode districts sit on their own because half of them straddle more than one council.
| Region | Rented | Below C | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 802,361 | 372,979 | 46% |
| South East | 475,988 | 243,316 | 51% |
| North West | 410,297 | 219,515 | 54% |
| South West | 335,806 | 182,858 | 54% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 305,140 | 179,417 | 59% |
| East of England | 326,070 | 172,335 | 53% |
| West Midlands | 283,358 | 163,180 | 58% |
| East Midlands | 256,366 | 147,779 | 58% |
| Wales | 155,200 | 94,829 | 61% |
| North East | 136,582 | 69,854 | 51% |