EPC Ratings in Mid Devon: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule
Of the 1,792 homes in Mid Devon that had an EPC lodged from July 2025 to June 2026, 52% were rated D to G — the bands a privately rented home must leave by 1 October 2030. The South West figure is 44%; England and Wales 40%.
EPC bands in Mid Devon, July 2025 to June 2026
| Rating | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 9 | 0.5% |
| Band B | 78 | 4.4% |
| Band C | 774 | 43% |
| Band D | 564 | 31% |
| Band E | 270 | 15% |
| Band F | 74 | 4.1% |
| Band G | 23 | 1.3% |
52% below C (bands D to G) against 44% in the South West and 40% across England and Wales. Mid Devon ranks 38 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 34,137 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Mid Devon and 67% of them were below C — recent certificates run better than the long-run stock because newer and improved homes transact more.
The deeper problem here is the bottom of the scale. 20% of recent certificates in Mid Devon were E, F or G — against 12% in the South West. F and G have been unlettable since the 2018–2020 minimum-E rules unless an exemption is registered, and an E-rated home has two bands to climb, not one; check the register before any new tenancy and budget for the cap being reached.
Is Mid Devon moving towards C?
Little movement year on year in Mid Devon: 55% of certificates were below C in July 2024 to June 2025 and 52% in July 2025 to June 2026 (−2.7 points; England and Wales −2.5 points). The area is 164th of 318 for the size of its year-on-year change, so the picture here is stable rather than shifting.
The homes certified here are larger than typical — an average of 105.1 m² against 87.1 m² across England and Wales — and insulation, glazing and heating measures scale with floor area, so a D-to-C job here tends to sit at the upper end of any national cost guide.
What the 2030 rule costs in Mid Devon
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 Mid Devon is £876 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 11.4 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £876 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Mid Devon: rents, house prices and yield.
Council tax keeps running while a home is empty for works — Band D in Mid Devon is £2,656 for 2026/27, and the council adds a 100% premium once a home has stood empty for one year (council tax in Mid Devon). 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 South West
| Area | Below C | Year-on-year (pts) |
|---|---|---|
| Cotswold | 54% | −1.6 |
| North Devon | 54% | −0.6 |
| West Devon | 54% | −6.3 |
| Torridge | 51% | −8 |
| Dorset | 49% | −2.1 |
| Teignbridge | 49% | −1.1 |
All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Mid Devon 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Mid Devon.
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.
Asked about EPCs here
Of EPCs lodged for existing homes from July 2025 to June 2026, 48% were band C or better and 52% were D to G; band D alone was 31%. (MHCLG live table EB1.)
The share below C moved from 55% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 52% (July 2025 to June 2026): −2.7 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.
52% below C against 44% in the South West — a larger 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 67%, higher because older certificates and unimproved homes sit in that total.