Will your Cherwell rental pass EPC C by 2030?

3,987 of 8,995 privately rented homes in Cherwell are below EPC C, 44% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Cherwell compares

Below average

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

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44% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Cherwell 284 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Cherwell

A 12

B 263

C 4,733

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 2,916

E 974

F 66

G 31

Of 8,995 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

3,733 of the 3,987 sub-C rentals in Cherwell, 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 Cherwell, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	8,995
Socially rented	5,251
Owner occupied	25,514
Median floor area	84 m²

Postcode districts in Cherwell

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Cherwell.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
OX16	Banbury	3,801	1,546	41%
OX26	Bicester	2,018	655	32%
OX5	Kidlington	1,152	554	48%
OX17	Banbury	732	521	71%
OX15	Banbury	687	520	76%
OX25	Bicester	800	387	48%
OX27	Bicester	442	290	66%
OX33	Oxford	291	158	54%