Will your Tonbridge and Malling rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,155 of 4,295 privately rented homes in Tonbridge and Malling are below EPC C, 50% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Tonbridge and Malling compares

About average

Tonbridge and Malling sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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50% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Tonbridge and Malling 228 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Tonbridge and Malling

A 3

B 201

C 1,936

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,481

E 595

F 51

G 28

Of 4,295 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

1,992 of the 2,155 sub-C rentals in Tonbridge and Malling, 92% 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 Tonbridge and Malling, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	4,295
Socially rented	3,836
Owner occupied	20,575
Median floor area	85 m²

Postcode districts in Tonbridge and Malling

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Tonbridge and Malling.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
ME1	Rochester	1,768	999	56%
ME5	Chatham	1,877	903	48%
TN12	Tonbridge	992	651	66%
TN9	Tonbridge	1,311	571	44%
TN15	Sevenoaks	560	383	68%
TN11	Tonbridge	410	288	70%
ME20	Aylesford	525	271	52%
TN10	Tonbridge	430	230	53%
ME6	Snodland	454	224	49%
ME19	West Malling	625	217	35%
ME18	Maidstone	251	208	83%