EPC Ratings in Westmorland and Furness: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule
Of the 6,524 homes in Westmorland and Furness that had an EPC lodged from July 2025 to June 2026, 62% were rated D to G — the bands a privately rented home must leave by 1 October 2030. The North West figure is 37%; England and Wales 40%.
EPC bands in Westmorland and Furness, July 2025 to June 2026
| Rating | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 30 | 0.5% |
| Band B | 217 | 3.3% |
| Band C | 2,219 | 34% |
| Band D | 3,094 | 47% |
| Band E | 647 | 9.9% |
| Band F | 245 | 3.8% |
| Band G | 72 | 1.1% |
62% below C (bands D to G) against 37% in the North West and 40% across England and Wales. Westmorland and Furness ranks 3 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 21,223 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Westmorland and Furness and 59% of them were below C — recent certificates run better than the long-run stock because newer and improved homes transact more. (Westmorland and Furness was created by a council merger, so its cumulative figure only covers the new authority.)
The deeper problem here is the bottom of the scale. 15% of recent certificates in Westmorland and Furness were E, F or G — against 5.0% in the North 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 Westmorland and Furness moving towards C?
The share below C in Westmorland and Furness rose year on year, from 56% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 62% (July 2025 to June 2026) — up 6.4 points against −2.5 points across England and Wales. A rise usually says more about which homes happened to sell or let — older, unimproved stock coming to market — than about homes getting worse; what it does mean is that more of what is on the market here needs work before it can be let after 2030.
Average floor area per certificate is 91.5 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 Westmorland and Furness
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 Westmorland and Furness is £812 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 12.3 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £812 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Westmorland and Furness: rents, house prices and yield.
Council tax keeps running while a home is empty for works — Band D in Westmorland and Furness is £2,508 for 2026/27, and the council adds a 100% premium once a home has stood empty for one year (council tax in Westmorland and Furness). 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 North West
| Area | Below C | Year-on-year (pts) |
|---|---|---|
| Ribble Valley | 53% | −5.6 |
| Lancaster | 52% | −4.5 |
| Wyre | 51% | −3.8 |
| Cumberland | 51% | −2 |
| Pendle | 48% | −7.3 |
| Wirral | 48% | −4 |
All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Westmorland and Furness 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Westmorland and Furness.
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, 38% were band C or better and 62% were D to G; band D alone was 47%. (MHCLG live table EB1.)
The share below C moved from 56% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 62% (July 2025 to June 2026): +6.4 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.
62% below C against 37% in the North 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 59%, higher because older certificates and unimproved homes sit in that total.