EPC ratings map of New Forest

EPC bands in New Forest

1. Band A285 (1%)
2. Band B4,383 (8%)
3. Band C21,258 (37%)
4. Band D22,668 (40%)
5. Band E6,672 (12%)
6. Band F1,362 (2%)
7. Band G348 (1%)

56,976 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 54% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in New Forest

• 8,026homes last certified as private lets
• 59%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
• 3%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
• 21%with a certificate more than ten years old

New Forest ranks 112 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 New Forest homes rated D or below, 86% 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. New Forest 001G, mostly in Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde ward: 88% of 354 homes
2. New Forest 010A, mostly in Ringwood North & Ellingham ward: 88% of 345 homes
3. New Forest 017B, mostly in Forest & Solent ward: 85% of 744 homes
4. New Forest 001B, mostly in Downlands & Forest North ward: 85% of 413 homes
5. New Forest 001A, mostly in Downlands & Forest North ward: 84% of 437 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. New Forest 013A, mostly in Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley ward: 20% of 512 homes
2. New Forest 020B, mostly in Ballard ward: 33% of 589 homes
3. New Forest 020D, mostly in Milton ward: 33% of 453 homes
4. New Forest 008B, mostly in Dibden & Dibden Purlieu ward: 33% of 464 homes
5. New Forest 011F, mostly in Hythe South ward: 34% of 761 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 New Forest

More council EPC maps

• Mid Sussex
• Middlesbrough
• Milton Keynes
• Mole Valley
• Newark and Sherwood
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• Newham
• All councils in England and Wales

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.