Will your Blackburn with Darwen rental pass EPC C by 2030?

4,792 of 7,735 privately rented homes in Blackburn with Darwen are below EPC C, 62% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Blackburn with Darwen compares

Above average

A bigger share of Blackburn with Darwen's rented homes fall short than in most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

62% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Blackburn with Darwen 61 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Blackburn with Darwen

A 16

B 155

C 2,772

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 3,552

E 1,082

F 117

G 41

Of 7,735 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

4,528 of the 4,792 sub-C rentals in Blackburn with Darwen, 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 Blackburn with Darwen, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	7,735
Socially rented	9,542
Owner occupied	23,001
Median floor area	83 m²

Postcode districts in Blackburn with Darwen

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Blackburn with Darwen.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
BB2	Blackburn	3,343	2,013	60%
BB1	Blackburn	2,577	1,739	67%
BB3	Darwen	2,435	1,518	62%
BL7	Bolton	586	292	50%