Will your Central Bedfordshire rental pass EPC C by 2030?

5,475 of 11,202 privately rented homes in Central Bedfordshire are below EPC C, 49% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Central Bedfordshire compares

Below average

Central Bedfordshire is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

49% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Central Bedfordshire 243 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Central Bedfordshire

A 5

B 305

C 5,417

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 4,011

E 1,343

F 93

G 28

Of 11,202 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

5,120 of the 5,475 sub-C rentals in Central Bedfordshire, 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 Central Bedfordshire, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	11,202
Socially rented	11,852
Owner occupied	45,187
Median floor area	84 m²

Postcode districts in Central Bedfordshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Central Bedfordshire.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
LU1	Luton	5,957	3,103	52%
LU7	Leighton Buzzard	2,346	1,067	45%
SG5	Hitchin	1,795	875	49%
LU5	Dunstable	1,680	749	45%
MK45	Bedford	1,340	739	55%
SG18	Biggleswade	1,321	719	54%
LU6	Dunstable	1,427	689	48%
MK43	Bedford	1,242	661	53%
SG19	Sandy	932	523	56%
MK17	Milton Keynes	683	448	66%
MK44	Bedford	526	424	81%
SG17	Shefford	550	289	53%
SG16	Henlow	315	211	67%
SG15	Arlesey	249	131	53%