EPC ratings map of Test Valley

EPC bands in Test Valley

1. Band A194 (<1%)
2. Band B8,734 (21%)
3. Band C14,854 (35%)
4. Band D12,888 (30%)
5. Band E4,434 (10%)
6. Band F997 (2%)
7. Band G229 (1%)

42,330 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 44% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Test Valley

• 5,350homes 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
• 20%with a certificate more than ten years old

Test Valley ranks 174 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 Test Valley homes rated D or below, 85% 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. Test Valley 007D, mostly in Bellinger ward: 87% of 459 homes
2. Test Valley 007C, mostly in Bellinger ward: 87% of 414 homes
3. Test Valley 001A, mostly in Bourne Valley ward: 85% of 598 homes
4. Test Valley 008B, mostly in Harewood ward: 84% of 450 homes
5. Test Valley 009C, mostly in Mid Test ward: 83% of 668 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. Test Valley 017D, mostly in Andover Downlands ward: 0% of 699 homes
2. Test Valley 016E, mostly in Andover Romans ward: <1% of 1,190 homes
3. Test Valley 013F, mostly in Romsey Cupernham ward: 1% of 648 homes
4. Test Valley 016D, mostly in Andover Romans ward: 1% of 650 homes
5. Test Valley 016C, mostly in Andover Romans ward: 1% of 651 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 Test Valley

More council EPC maps

• Tandridge
• Teignbridge
• Telford and Wrekin
• Tendring
• Tewkesbury
• Thanet
• Three Rivers
• Thurrock
• 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.