Is an EPC required for a hotel?
If you are renting, selling, or buying a hotel, it is required by law to have an EPC. A hotel requi Lees meer
What EPC rating is acceptable to rent?
Ravi van Olst
2025-12-02 17:30:00
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Currently, any property in England, Scotland or Wales that is either being built, marketed for sale or let as an entire property requires an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).
Since the 1st of October 2008, landlords letting whole properties must have a valid EPC rated at 'E' or above to provide to prospective tenants.
The Government's proposal in the Bill is that rental properties meet a compulsory energy performance certificate rating of band 'C' on new tenancies by December 2025, and on all rented properties by December 2028.
The Secretary of State must amend the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 to require that, subject to subsection (2)'(a) all new tenancies must have an energy efficiency performance of at least EPC Band C from 31 December 2025; and(b) all existing tenancies must be at least EPC Band C from 31 December 20 2028 where practical, cost-effective and affordable as defined under section 1(4).
The Bill states:
EPCs are valid for ten years.
After this time, landlords are only required to get a new EPC if they are re-letting to a new tenant.
Joëlle van 't Riet
2025-12-02 15:58:14
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In April 2018 the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards came into force which means that generally a property cannot be let where the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is lower than E.
An EPC of E is the minimum acceptable standard and a rating of F and G is below standard.
If you currently let a property which has a rating below E (F or G) you must either: carry out work to bring it up to an EPC rating of at least E apply for an exemption.
The law has set a maximum amount that a landlord is required to spend on improving the EPC rating which is £3,500.
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Which properties are exempt from an EPC?
Properties that do not use energy to condition their indoor climate are not required to have an EPC. Lees meer
Rens Hendriks
2025-12-02 15:03:32
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Private rented property in England and Wales must have an EPC rating of E or above.
The plan is to enforce this from 1 April 2025 for new tenancies, and from 1 April 2028 for existing tenancies with a minimum EPC rating to be raised from E to C.
The current rules state that private rented property in England and Wales must have an EPC rating of E or above, however it is proposed that the minimum EPC rating will be raised from E to C.
There are several exemptions, which you can register for at prsregister.beis.gov.uk.
Minimum EPC rating to be raised from E to C.
Private rented property in England and Wales must have an EPC rating of E or above, although new proposals are set to increase the minimum EPC rating to C.