Will your Test Valley rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,573 of 4,768 privately rented homes in Test Valley are below EPC C, 54% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Test Valley compares

About average

Test Valley sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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54% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Test Valley 176 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Test Valley

A 2

B 120

C 2,073

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,525

E 884

F 125

G 39

Of 4,768 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,338 of the 2,573 sub-C rentals in Test Valley, 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 Test Valley, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	4,768
Socially rented	5,178
Owner occupied	20,647
Median floor area	86 m²

Postcode districts in Test Valley

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Test Valley.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
SO16	Southampton	3,623	1,803	50%
SP11	Andover	1,303	744	57%
SO51	Romsey	1,078	660	61%
SP10	Andover	1,755	608	35%
SO21	Winchester	942	516	55%
SP9	Tidworth	1,216	431	35%
SO53	Eastleigh	831	360	43%
SO20	Stockbridge	387	331	86%
SO52	Southampton	150	70	47%