Will your Mid Suffolk rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,388 of 3,672 privately rented homes in Mid Suffolk are below EPC C, 65% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Mid Suffolk compares

Well above average

A bigger share of Mid Suffolk's rented homes fall short than in most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

65% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Mid Suffolk 34 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Mid Suffolk

A 3

B 80

C 1,201

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,308

E 944

F 100

G 36

Of 3,672 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,191 of the 2,388 sub-C rentals in Mid Suffolk, 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 Mid Suffolk, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	3,672
Socially rented	3,405
Owner occupied	18,587
Median floor area	88 m²

Postcode districts in Mid Suffolk

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Mid Suffolk.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
IP14	Stowmarket	1,634	918	56%
IP31	Bury St. Edmunds	970	735	76%
IP22	Diss	1,166	724	62%
IP13	Woodbridge	747	599	80%
IP6	Ipswich	584	420	72%
IP7	Ipswich	750	391	52%
IP21	Diss	432	390	90%
IP30	Bury St. Edmunds	428	326	76%
IP20	Harleston	355	241	68%
IP23	Eye	250	213	85%
IP8	Ipswich	422	205	49%