EPC Ratings in Wealden: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule

EPC bands in Wealden, July 2025 to June 2026

49% below C (bands D to G) against 39% in the South East and 40% across England and Wales. Wealden ranks 61 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 63,373 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Wealden and 69% 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. 13% of recent certificates in Wealden were E, F or G — against 7.5% in the South East. 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 Wealden moving towards C?

The direction of travel in Wealden is good. Between July 2024 to June 2025 and July 2025 to June 2026 the share of certificates below C fell from 53% to 49% — a drop of 3.5 percentage points, the 139th largest fall among the 318 areas with a year-on-year figure (England and Wales overall: −2.5 points).

The homes certified here are larger than typical — an average of 104.2 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 Wealden

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 Wealden is £1,266 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 7.9 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £1,266 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Wealden: rents, house prices and yield.

Council tax keeps running while a home is empty for works — Band D in Wealden is £2,728 for 2026/27, and the council adds a 100% premium once a home has stood empty for one year (council tax in Wealden). 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 East

All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Wealden 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Wealden.

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.