Will your Epping Forest rental pass EPC C by 2030?

3,491 of 6,663 privately rented homes in Epping Forest are below EPC C, 52% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Epping Forest compares

About average

Epping Forest 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 Epping Forest 196 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Epping Forest

A 0

B 261

C 2,911

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 2,674

E 737

F 53

G 27

Of 6,663 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

3,215 of the 3,491 sub-C rentals in Epping Forest, 92% 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 Epping Forest, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	6,663
Socially rented	4,684
Owner occupied	20,506
Median floor area	85 m²

Postcode districts in Epping Forest

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Epping Forest.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
IG10	Loughton	1,894	994	52%
IG7	Chigwell	1,209	656	54%
EN9	Waltham Abbey	1,308	646	49%
CM16	Epping	1,072	559	52%
IG9	Buckhurst Hill	887	456	51%
CM17	Harlow	1,057	442	42%
CM19	Harlow	758	399	53%
CM22	Bishop'S Stortford	513	345	67%
CM21	Sawbridgeworth	661	276	42%
CM5	Ongar	309	212	69%
RM4	Romford	153	116	76%