Will your Basingstoke and Deane rental pass EPC C by 2030?

3,337 of 7,878 privately rented homes in Basingstoke and Deane are below EPC C, 42% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Basingstoke and Deane compares

Well below average

Basingstoke and Deane is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

42% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Basingstoke and Deane 297 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Basingstoke and Deane

A 5

B 501

C 4,035

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 2,265

E 957

F 87

G 28

Of 7,878 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

3,127 of the 3,337 sub-C rentals in Basingstoke and Deane, 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 Basingstoke and Deane, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	7,878
Socially rented	8,350
Owner occupied	28,274
Median floor area	84 m²

Postcode districts in Basingstoke and Deane

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Basingstoke and Deane.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
RG21	Basingstoke	2,255	681	30%
RG20	Newbury	802	679	85%
RG22	Basingstoke	1,501	477	32%
RG27	Hook	812	435	54%
RG24	Basingstoke	1,543	421	27%
RG26	Tadley	734	418	57%
RG25	Basingstoke	417	346	83%
RG19	Thatcham	706	289	41%
RG23	Basingstoke	322	218	68%
RG28	Whitchurch	287	193	67%