Will your Bracknell Forest rental pass EPC C by 2030?

1,854 of 4,679 privately rented homes in Bracknell Forest are below EPC C, 40% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Bracknell Forest compares

Well below average

Bracknell Forest is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

40% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Bracknell Forest 308 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Bracknell Forest

A 1

B 238

C 2,586

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,518

E 310

F 21

G 5

Of 4,679 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

1,715 of the 1,854 sub-C rentals in Bracknell Forest, 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 Bracknell Forest, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	4,679
Socially rented	5,731
Owner occupied	19,750
Median floor area	82 m²

Postcode districts in Bracknell Forest

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Bracknell Forest.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
RG12	Bracknell	2,547	887	35%
SL5	Ascot	1,038	553	53%
RG42	Bracknell	1,021	477	47%
GU47	Sandhurst	411	183	45%
RG45	Crowthorne	390	182	47%