Will your Cheshire East rental pass EPC C by 2030?

9,833 of 17,026 privately rented homes in Cheshire East are below EPC C, 58% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Cheshire East compares

Above average

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

Best councils Worst councils

58% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Cheshire East 121 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Cheshire East

A 8

B 458

C 6,727

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 7,189

E 2,269

F 254

G 121

Of 17,026 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

9,179 of the 9,833 sub-C rentals in Cheshire East, 93% 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 Cheshire East, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	17,026
Socially rented	14,797
Owner occupied	70,405
Median floor area	86 m²

Postcode districts in Cheshire East

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Cheshire East.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
CW2	Crewe	2,805	1,579	56%
CW1	Crewe	2,837	1,492	53%
SK11	Macclesfield	1,801	1,139	63%
ST7	Stoke-On-Trent	1,582	1,095	69%
SK9	Wilmslow	1,637	837	51%
SK10	Macclesfield	1,284	815	63%
CW12	Congleton	1,191	746	63%
CW5	Nantwich	1,653	737	45%
WA16	Knutsford	914	638	70%
CW11	Sandbach	921	505	55%
CW6	Tarporley	420	312	74%
CW10	Middlewich	553	311	56%
SY14	Malpas	331	263	79%
CW3	Crewe	296	220	74%
SK12	Stockport	295	195	66%
CW4	Crewe	234	141	60%