Will your Vale of White Horse rental pass EPC C by 2030?

3,021 of 5,980 privately rented homes in Vale of White Horse are below EPC C, 51% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Vale of White Horse compares

About average

Vale of White Horse sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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51% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Vale of White Horse 224 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Vale of White Horse

A 3

B 231

C 2,725

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 2,060

E 849

F 84

G 28

Of 5,980 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,786 of the 3,021 sub-C rentals in Vale of White Horse, 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 Vale of White Horse, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	5,980
Socially rented	4,779
Owner occupied	24,950
Median floor area	87 m²

Postcode districts in Vale of White Horse

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Vale of White Horse.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
OX2	Oxford	3,693	1,794	49%
OX14	Abingdon	1,992	882	44%
OX11	Didcot	1,879	775	41%
OX1	Oxford	1,981	752	38%
OX12	Wantage	1,205	716	59%
SN6	Swindon	1,102	536	49%
SN7	Faringdon	738	456	62%
OX13	Abingdon	622	361	58%