2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Are the homes and buildings in the council area energy efficient?

Question code: 1.7
Section: Buildings & Heating
Topic: EPC ratings - whole area
Source: National Data
Question weight: Low

Criteria

Three-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if 50% or more of buildings in the area that have an EPC rating are rated C or above.

Second tier criteria met if more than 60% and then third tier criteria met if more than 90% of buildings in the area that have an EPC rating are rated C or above.

Clarifications

Environmental Performance Certificates (EPCs) show homebuyers or tenants how energy efficient the building is. The EPC contains information on potential energy costs and carbon dioxide emissions.

Not all buildings in the area have an EPC rating. We will be looking at only the ratings of the buildings that do have a rating.

Marked using the most recent data available at time of publication.
- 2025 data (taken from Jan-March 2025) provided by UK Government for England and Wales
- 2024 data (taken from Oct-Dec 2024) provided by the Scottish EPC Register for Scotland
- data provided (taken up until January 2025) by the Department of Finance for Northern Ireland

Question performance

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Northern Ireland District Single Tier

0 points

9 district councils

24 in 2023

▼-15

1 point

53 district councils

83 in 2023

▼-30

2 points

102 district councils

57 in 2023

▲45

3 points

0 district councils

0 in 2023

0

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

district councils

6565

councils scored higher in 2025

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1111

councils scored lower in 2025

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Council	Score	Difference2023	Evidence
Adur District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 2	gov.uk
Arun District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Ashfield District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Ashford Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Basildon Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Bassetlaw District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Bolsover District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Borough of Broxbourne Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Boston Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Braintree District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Breckland District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Cambridge City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Canterbury City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Charnwood Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Chelmsford City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Cheltenham Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Cherwell District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Chesterfield Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 2	gov.uk
Chorley Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
City of Lincoln Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Colchester Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Crawley Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Dacorum Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Dartford Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Dover District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
East Cambridgeshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
East Hampshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
East Hertfordshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Eastleigh Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
East Staffordshire Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
East Suffolk Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Elmbridge Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Exeter City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Fareham Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Fenland District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Folkestone and Hythe District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Gloucester City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Gosport Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Gravesham Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Harborough District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Harlow Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Hastings Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Havant Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Hertsmere Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Huntingdonshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Ipswich Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 2	gov.uk
Lichfield District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Maidstone Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Maldon District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Melton Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Mid Suffolk District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Mid Sussex District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
North East Derbyshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
North Hertfordshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
North Kesteven District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
North Warwickshire Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 2	gov.uk
North West Leicestershire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Norwich City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Oxford City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Preston City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Redditch Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Rochford District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 2	gov.uk
Rugby Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Runnymede Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Rushcliffe Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Rushmoor Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
South Cambridgeshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
South Derbyshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
South Holland District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 2	gov.uk
South Kesteven District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
South Norfolk District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
South Oxfordshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
South Ribble Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Spelthorne Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Stafford Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
St Albans City and District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Stevenage Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Stratford-on-Avon District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Tamworth Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Test Valley Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Tewkesbury Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Three Rivers District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Uttlesford District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Vale of White Horse District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Warwick District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Wealden District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Welwyn Hatfield Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
West Lancashire Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
West Lindsey District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
West Oxfordshire District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
West Suffolk Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Winchester City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Worcester City Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	2/3	--	gov.uk
Worthing Borough Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Wychavon District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Wyre Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Wyre Forest District Council Score 2025 2/3 2023 Difference ▲ 2 Evidence gov.uk	2/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Amber Valley Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Babergh District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Blaby District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▼ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▼ -1	gov.uk
Brentwood Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Broadland District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Bromsgrove District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Broxtowe Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Burnley Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Cannock Chase District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Chichester District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Cotswold District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Derbyshire Dales District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Eastbourne Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
East Devon District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
East Lindsey District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Epping Forest District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▼ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▼ -1	gov.uk
Erewash Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Forest of Dean District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Fylde Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▼ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▼ -1	gov.uk
Gedling Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Great Yarmouth Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Guildford Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▼ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▼ -1	gov.uk
Hart District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▼ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▼ -1	gov.uk
High Peak Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Horsham District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Lewes District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Mansfield District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Mid Devon District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Newark and Sherwood District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
New Forest District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
North Devon Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Pendle Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Rossendale Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Rother District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Sevenoaks District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
South Hams District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
South Staffordshire Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Stroud District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Surrey Heath Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Swale Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Tandridge District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Teignbridge District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Tendring District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▲ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▲ 1	gov.uk
Thanet District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Torridge District Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Watford Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference ▼ 1 Evidence gov.uk	1/3	▼ -1	gov.uk
Waverley Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
West Devon Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Woking Borough Council Score 2025 1/3 2023 Difference -- Evidence gov.uk	1/3	--	gov.uk
Castle Point Borough Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference --	0/3	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hyndburn Borough Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference ▼ 0	0/3	▼ -1	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancaster City Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference --	0/3	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Malvern Hills District Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference ▼ 0	0/3	▼ -1	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mole Valley District Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference ▼ 0	0/3	▼ -1	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Norfolk District Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference --	0/3	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ribble Valley Borough Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference ▼ 0	0/3	▼ -1	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference --	0/3	--	Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Score 2025 0/3 2023 Difference ▼ 0	0/3	▼ -1	Evidence doesn't meet criteria