Will your Malvern Hills rental pass EPC C by 2030?

1,922 of 3,051 privately rented homes in Malvern Hills are below EPC C, 63% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Malvern Hills compares

Well above average

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

Best councils Worst councils

63% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Malvern Hills 53 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Malvern Hills

A 7

B 94

C 1,028

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,089

E 704

F 96

G 33

Of 3,051 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

1,742 of the 1,922 sub-C rentals in Malvern Hills, 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 Malvern Hills, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	3,051
Socially rented	3,512
Owner occupied	14,450
Median floor area	88 m²

Postcode districts in Malvern Hills

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Malvern Hills.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
WR14	Malvern	1,713	853	50%
WR5	Worcester	1,596	807	51%
WR2	Worcester	1,251	733	59%
DY13	Stourport-On-Severn	777	508	65%
WR6	Worcester	401	354	88%
WR15	Tenbury Wells	302	238	79%
WR8	Worcester	295	236	80%
WR13	Malvern	288	226	78%
DY14	Kidderminster	270	224	83%
GL19	Gloucester	255	217	85%