Will your Forest of Dean rental pass EPC C by 2030?

1,703 of 2,997 privately rented homes in Forest of Dean are below EPC C, 57% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Forest of Dean compares

Above average

A bigger share of Forest of Dean's rented homes fall short than in most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

57% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Forest of Dean 134 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Forest of Dean

A 4

B 95

C 1,195

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,066

E 556

F 56

G 25

Of 2,997 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

1,553 of the 1,703 sub-C rentals in Forest of Dean, 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 Forest of Dean, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	2,997
Socially rented	3,044
Owner occupied	15,054
Median floor area	87 m²

Postcode districts in Forest of Dean

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Forest of Dean.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
NP16	Chepstow	818	484	59%
GL15	Lydney	597	363	61%
GL16	Coleford	579	323	56%
GL14	Cinderford	735	319	43%
GL19	Gloucester	255	217	85%
GL18	Newent	381	187	49%
GL17	Drybrook	237	158	67%