Will your Ashford rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,447 of 5,028 privately rented homes in Ashford are below EPC C, 49% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Ashford compares

Below average

Ashford is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

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49% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Ashford 249 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Ashford

A 2

B 215

C 2,364

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,700

E 665

F 50

G 32

Of 5,028 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,225 of the 2,447 sub-C rentals in Ashford, 91% 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 Ashford, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	5,028
Socially rented	5,484
Owner occupied	21,289
Median floor area	84 m²

Postcode districts in Ashford

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Ashford.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
TN23	Ashford	1,962	709	36%
TN24	Ashford	1,553	699	45%
CT4	Canterbury	689	500	73%
TN17	Cranbrook	614	488	79%
TN25	Ashford	555	339	61%
TN30	Tenterden	364	237	65%
TN27	Ashford	337	222	66%
TN26	Ashford	268	220	82%