Will your Winchester rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,861 of 5,826 privately rented homes in Winchester are below EPC C, 49% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Winchester compares

Below average

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

Best councils Worst councils

49% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Winchester 240 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Winchester

A 7

B 277

C 2,681

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,863

E 872

F 93

G 33

Of 5,826 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,575 of the 2,861 sub-C rentals in Winchester, 90% 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 Winchester, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	5,826
Socially rented	4,434
Owner occupied	21,130
Median floor area	89 m²

Postcode districts in Winchester

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Winchester.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
SO23	Winchester	1,507	737	49%
PO7	Waterlooville	1,533	621	41%
SO22	Winchester	1,522	546	36%
SO21	Winchester	942	516	55%
GU32	Petersfield	639	428	67%
SO24	Alresford	515	404	78%
SO30	Southampton	992	363	37%
SO32	Southampton	525	341	65%
PO17	Fareham	398	278	70%
PO15	Fareham	850	265	31%