Will your Braintree rental pass EPC C by 2030?

3,109 of 5,544 privately rented homes in Braintree are below EPC C, 56% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Braintree compares

About average

Braintree sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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56% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Braintree 148 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Braintree

A 4

B 131

C 2,300

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 2,037

E 961

F 92

G 19

Of 5,544 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,824 of the 3,109 sub-C rentals in Braintree, 91% 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 Braintree, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	5,544
Socially rented	6,020
Owner occupied	24,804
Median floor area	82 m²

Postcode districts in Braintree

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Braintree.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
CM7	Braintree	2,190	1,070	49%
CM3	Chelmsford	1,524	956	63%
CB9	Haverhill	1,685	749	44%
CO6	Colchester	907	663	73%
CM8	Witham	1,231	610	50%
CO5	Colchester	910	553	61%
CO9	Halstead	832	553	66%
CM77	Braintree	356	173	49%
CO8	Bures	72	55	76%