Will your Stratford-on-Avon rental pass EPC C by 2030?
3,470 of 5,576 privately rented homes in Stratford-on-Avon are below EPC C, 62% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.
How Stratford-on-Avon compares
Above average
A bigger share of Stratford-on-Avon's rented homes fall short than in most of England and Wales.
62% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Stratford-on-Avon 60 of 318 councils by the share needing work.
Every band in Stratford-on-Avon
Of 5,576 privately rented homes with a current certificate.
How many can actually reach C?
3,135 of the 3,470 sub-C rentals in Stratford-on-Avon, 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
| Privately rented | 5,576 |
|---|---|
| Socially rented | 6,407 |
| Owner occupied | 23,901 |
| Median floor area | 87 m² |
Postcode districts in Stratford-on-Avon
Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Stratford-on-Avon.
| District | Post town | Rented | Below C | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV37 | Stratford-Upon-Avon | 2,493 | 1,279 | 51% |
| CV35 | Warwick | 909 | 677 | 74% |
| OX15 | Banbury | 687 | 520 | 76% |
| CV47 | Southam | 573 | 402 | 70% |
| GL56 | Moreton-In-Marsh | 569 | 388 | 68% |
| B49 | Alcester | 494 | 327 | 66% |
| CV36 | Shipston-On-Stour | 431 | 305 | 71% |
| B95 | Henley-In-Arden | 250 | 177 | 71% |
| B80 | Studley | 291 | 170 | 58% |
| B94 | Solihull | 169 | 141 | 83% |
| CV33 | Leamington Spa | 171 | 129 | 75% |
| B50 | Alcester | 183 | 114 | 62% |
| B96 | Redditch | 185 | 110 | 59% |
Other authorities in West Midlands
- Birmingham
- Bromsgrove
- Cannock Chase
- Coventry
- Dudley
- East Staffordshire
- Herefordshire, County of
- Lichfield
- Malvern Hills
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North Warwickshire
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Redditch
- Rugby
- Sandwell
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- South Staffordshire
- Stafford
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Tamworth
- Telford and Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Wychavon
- Wyre Forest