EPC Ratings in Broxbourne: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule
Of the 2,015 homes in Broxbourne that had an EPC lodged from July 2025 to June 2026, 32% were rated D to G — the bands a privately rented home must leave by 1 October 2030. The East of England figure is 41%; England and Wales 40%.
EPC bands in Broxbourne, July 2025 to June 2026
| Rating | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 2 | 0.1% |
| Band B | 109 | 5.4% |
| Band C | 1,265 | 63% |
| Band D | 541 | 27% |
| Band E | 87 | 4.3% |
| Band F | 9 | 0.4% |
| Band G | 2 | 0.1% |
32% below C (bands D to G) against 41% in the East of England and 40% across England and Wales. Broxbourne ranks 284 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 37,951 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Broxbourne and 56% of them were below C — recent certificates run better than the long-run stock because newer and improved homes transact more.
Broxbourne splits fairly evenly. 68% of recent certificates are already C or better, 27% are one band short at D, and 4.9% are E, F or G. For a landlord that means the register is worth checking property by property: the same street can hold a certificate that needs nothing and one that needs two bands of work.
Is Broxbourne moving towards C?
Little movement year on year in Broxbourne: 32% of certificates were below C in July 2024 to June 2025 and 32% in July 2025 to June 2026 (no change points; England and Wales −2.5 points). The area is 236th of 318 for the size of its year-on-year change, so the picture here is stable rather than shifting.
Average floor area per certificate is 84.9 m², close to the 87.1 m² England-and-Wales figure, so national cost guides apply here without much adjustment.
What the 2030 rule costs in Broxbourne
Privately rented homes need band C from 1 October 2030, with a £10,000 cap on what a landlord must spend before an exemption can be registered; the rules, exemptions and what counts towards the cap are on the EPC C for rentals by 2030 guide.
Put the £10,000 cap in local terms: average private rent in Broxbourne is £1,687 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 5.9 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £1,687 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Broxbourne: rents, house prices and yield.
Council tax keeps running while a home is empty for works — Band D in Broxbourne is £2,306 for 2026/27, and the council adds a 100% premium once a home has stood empty for one year (council tax in Broxbourne). Whether the certificate and the works are deductible is on EPC, gas and electrical certificates: deductible? — revenue repairs come off the year’s rent, improvements that add capital value do not (allowable expenses guide).
Nearest neighbours in the ranking, in the East of England
| Area | Below C | Year-on-year (pts) |
|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | 35% | +3.5 |
| Cambridge | 34% | −2.1 |
| Basildon | 33% | −6.9 |
| Dacorum | 31% | +1.1 |
| Harlow | 31% | +0.8 |
| North Hertfordshire | 30% | −9.4 |
All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Broxbourne 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Broxbourne.
MHCLG, Live tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates, table EB1 — domestic EPCs lodged for existing dwellings by energy-efficiency band, published 30 July 2026, latest four quarters (July 2025 to June 2026) summed per local authority; cumulative figures from 2008. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. An EPC is lodged when a home is sold, let or newly built, so these are certificates issued, not a census of the housing stock. Shares, ranks and regional figures are ours, computed across 318 local authorities. Download: CSV.
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Of EPCs lodged for existing homes from July 2025 to June 2026, 68% were band C or better and 32% were D to G; band D alone was 27%. (MHCLG live table EB1.)
The share below C moved from 32% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 32% (July 2025 to June 2026): no change percentage points, against −2.5 across England and Wales.
From 1 October 2030 under the government's EPC consultation response, with a £10,000 spending cap before an exemption. Until then the minimum for a new letting is band E.
32% below C against 41% in the East of England — a smaller share needing work.
No — only homes with an EPC lodged in the period (sold, let or built). Since 2008 the cumulative share below C is 56%, higher because older certificates and unimproved homes sit in that total.