Will your Nottingham rental pass EPC C by 2030?

16,338 of 31,520 privately rented homes in Nottingham are below EPC C, 52% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Nottingham compares

About average

Nottingham sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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52% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Nottingham 207 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Nottingham

A 16

B 2,177

C 12,989

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 12,461

E 3,764

F 84

G 29

Of 31,520 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

15,432 of the 16,338 sub-C rentals in Nottingham, 94% of them, already have a potential rating of C or better on their current certificate. That is the assessor's own estimate of what the property would reach if the recommended measures were installed.

Landlords are required to spend up to £10,000 per property. Above that, an exemption may apply.

The transitional rule

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: Transitional rule. Verified 21 September 2026.

Local housing stock

All tenures in Nottingham, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	31,520
Socially rented	31,896
Owner occupied	38,496
Median floor area	72 m²

Postcode districts in Nottingham

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Nottingham.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
NG7	Nottingham	9,548	5,751	60%
NG2	Nottingham	5,345	3,119	58%
NG9	Nottingham	5,000	2,789	56%
NG5	Nottingham	5,269	2,780	53%
NG3	Nottingham	4,016	2,279	57%
NG8	Nottingham	2,914	1,849	63%
NG6	Nottingham	2,672	1,601	60%
NG1	Nottingham	4,594	994	22%
NG11	Nottingham	1,751	821	47%