EPC ratings map of Braintree

EPC bands in Braintree

1. Band A271 (1%)
2. Band B9,201 (18%)
3. Band C17,469 (34%)
4. Band D16,535 (33%)
5. Band E5,803 (11%)
6. Band F1,294 (3%)
7. Band G277 (1%)

50,850 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 47% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Braintree

• 6,259homes last certified as private lets
• 57%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
• 3%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
• 18%with a certificate more than ten years old

Braintree ranks 145 of 318 councils in England and Wales for the share of private lets rated D or below (1 is the highest share). See every council

Of the Braintree homes rated D or below, 84% have a potential rating of C or better on their certificate: the assessor's view of what the recommended improvements would achieve. It doesn't say what they would cost for any one home.

Neighbourhoods with the most homes rated D or below

1. Braintree 018A, mostly in Hatfield Peverel & Terling ward: 87% of 438 homes
2. Braintree 005D, mostly in Three Fields ward: 84% of 364 homes
3. Braintree 001C, mostly in Stour Valley North ward: 83% of 591 homes
4. Braintree 002B, mostly in Stour Valley North ward: 83% of 663 homes
5. Braintree 002C, mostly in Stour Valley South ward: 78% of 582 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. Braintree 017G, mostly in Witham South ward: 9% of 468 homes
2. Braintree 017F, mostly in Witham South ward: 16% of 969 homes
3. Braintree 015A, mostly in Silver End & Cressing ward: 17% of 1,201 homes
4. Braintree 009E, mostly in Braintree Central & Beckers Green ward: 22% of 731 homes
5. Braintree 004C, mostly in Halstead Trinity ward: 27% of 587 homes

How to read this map

• An EPC rates a home from A (most efficient) to G. Each home counts once, by its latest certificate, however old. Homes that have never had a certificate aren't counted.
• "Private let" means the latest certificate was lodged for a private letting. A home let since a sale certificate counts as not let, so the private-let count is a floor.
• Below C is a position on today's certificates, not a verdict. The government has announced that privately rented homes must reach band C from 1 October 2030, subject to Parliament, and the standard is expected to use reformed EPC metrics, so a D today doesn't mean a home will fail.
• A certificate lasts ten years. A home being let needs a valid one, so an expired certificate means a new assessment before the next let.

The announced EPC C 2030 policy, explained · MEES deadlines from 2026 to 2030 · Deprivation map of Braintree

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Sources

• Energy Performance of Buildings Data: domestic certificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, certificates lodged to 13 October 2026
• Lower layer Super Output Area boundaries (December 2021) and ward and council lookupOffice for National Statistics
• National Statistics Postcode Lookup, to place each home in its areaOffice for National Statistics

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. EPC address data was used only to place homes in areas: MHCLG has published the address data with the consent of Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail Group Limited, and none of it is shown here. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.