Will your Reigate and Banstead rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,594 of 6,050 privately rented homes in Reigate and Banstead are below EPC C, 43% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Reigate and Banstead compares

Well below average

Reigate and Banstead is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

43% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Reigate and Banstead 293 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Reigate and Banstead

A 4

B 446

C 3,006

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,983

E 573

F 32

G 6

Of 6,050 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,299 of the 2,594 sub-C rentals in Reigate and Banstead, 89% 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 Reigate and Banstead, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	6,050
Socially rented	6,611
Owner occupied	24,680
Median floor area	83 m²

Postcode districts in Reigate and Banstead

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Reigate and Banstead.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
RH1	Redhill	2,988	1,379	46%
RH6	Horley	1,472	680	46%
RH2	Reigate	1,211	592	49%
KT17	Epsom	1,130	502	44%
CR5	Coulsdon	734	411	56%
KT18	Epsom	675	346	51%
KT20	Tadworth	463	213	46%
SM7	Banstead	419	193	46%