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EPC ratings map of Swale

Swale has 49,175 homes with an energy performance certificate. 48% of them are rated D or below on their latest certificate, against 49% across England. Of the 8,063 homes last certified as private lets, 59% are rated D or below, short of the band C the government has announced for rented homes from 2030.

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Homes rated D or below
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Each shape is one small area (a 2021 Lower layer Super Output Area), shaded by the share of its homes whose latest certificate is band D or below. "Private lets" counts only homes whose latest certificate was lodged for a private let. Areas with fewer than 20 of them are left grey.

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EPC bands in Swale

  1. Band A622 (1%)
  2. Band B7,804 (16%)
  3. Band C17,363 (35%)
  4. Band D16,897 (34%)
  5. Band E5,170 (11%)
  6. Band F996 (2%)
  7. Band G323 (1%)

49,175 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 48% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Swale

  • 8,063homes last certified as private lets
  • 59%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
  • 2%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
  • 16%with a certificate more than ten years old

Swale ranks 110 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 Swale homes rated D or below, 89% 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. Swale 013C, mostly in West Downs ward: 82% of 411 homes
  2. Swale 015E, mostly in St Ann's ward: 80% of 458 homes
  3. Swale 001D, mostly in Sheerness ward: 79% of 494 homes
  4. Swale 014B, mostly in St Ann's ward: 78% of 318 homes
  5. Swale 012E, mostly in Homewood ward: 76% of 372 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

  1. Swale 004H, mostly in Sheppey Central ward: <1% of 600 homes
  2. Swale 009G, mostly in The Meads ward: 8% of 572 homes
  3. Swale 004I, mostly in Sheppey Central ward: 13% of 530 homes
  4. Swale 007G, mostly in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow ward: 18% of 609 homes
  5. Swale 007H, mostly in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow ward: 22% of 740 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 Swale

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Sources

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.