EPC ratings map of Somerset

EPC bands in Somerset

1. Band A2,230 (1%)
2. Band B30,367 (15%)
3. Band C67,198 (34%)
4. Band D63,885 (32%)
5. Band E26,496 (13%)
6. Band F7,911 (4%)
7. Band G2,202 (1%)

200,289 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 50% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Somerset

• 32,230homes last certified as private lets
• 55%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
• 4%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
• 18%with a certificate more than ten years old

Somerset ranks 170 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 Somerset 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. Somerset West and Taunton 005C, mostly in Dulverton & Exmoor ward: 90% of 693 homes
2. Somerset West and Taunton 004B, mostly in Dunster ward: 88% of 371 homes
3. South Somerset 017E, mostly in Coker ward: 87% of 364 homes
4. Somerset West and Taunton 002D, mostly in Dulverton & Exmoor ward: 87% of 855 homes
5. Somerset West and Taunton 004C, mostly in Watchet & Stogursey ward: 86% of 756 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. South Somerset 011F, mostly in Yeovil East ward: 0% of 775 homes
2. Sedgemoor 010E, mostly in Bridgwater East & Bawdrip ward: 0% of 924 homes
3. Sedgemoor 014J, mostly in North Petherton ward: <1% of 589 homes
4. Sedgemoor 014H, mostly in North Petherton ward: <1% of 845 homes
5. Somerset West and Taunton 008F, mostly in Monkton & North Curry ward: 2% of 816 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 Somerset

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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.