Do I need an EPC?

In most cases, you need an EPC when you sell or rent a property. Use the pages below for local context and next steps.

EPC rules in England EPC cost by county

Aberdeenshire

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Angus

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Argyll and Bute

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Barking and Dagenham

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Barnet

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Barnsley

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Bath and North East Somerset

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Bedfordshire

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Berkshire

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Bexley

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Birmingham

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Blaenau Gwent

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Bolton

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Bournemouth

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Bradford

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Brent

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Brighton and Hove

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Bromley

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Buckinghamshire

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Bury

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Caerffili Caerphilly

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Calderdale

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Cambridgeshire

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Camden

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Cardiff

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Casnewydd Newport

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Castell Nedd Phort Talbot Neath Port Talbot

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Cheshire

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City of Aberdeen

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City of Bristol

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City of Derby

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City of Dundee

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City of Edinburgh

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City of Glasgow

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City of Kingston upon Hull

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City of Leicester

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City of Portsmouth

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City of Southampton

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City of Stoke on Trent

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City of Westminster

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Clackmannan

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Conwy

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Cornwall

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County of the City of London

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Coventry

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Croydon

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Cumbria

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Darlington

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Derbyshire

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Devon

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Doncaster

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Dorset

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Dudley

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Dumfries and Galloway

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Durham

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Ealing

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East Ayrshire

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East Dunbartonshire

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East Lothian

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East Renfrewshire

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East Riding of Yorkshire

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East Sussex

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Enfield

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Essex

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Falkirk

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Fife

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Gateshead

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Gloucestershire

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Greenwich

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Gwynedd

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Hackney

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Hammersmith and Fulham

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Hampshire

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Haringey

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Harrow

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Hartlepool

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Havering

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Hereford and Worcester

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Hertfordshire

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Highland

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Hillingdon

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Hounslow

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Inverclyde

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Isle of Man

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Isle of Wight

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Isles of Scilly

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Islington

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Kent

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Kingston upon Thames

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Kirklees

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Knowsley

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Lambeth

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Lancashire

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Leeds

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Leicestershire

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Lewisham

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Lincolnshire

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Liverpool

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Luton

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Manchester

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Merthyr Tudful Merthyr Tydfil

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Merton

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Middlesbrough

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Midlothian

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Milton Keynes

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Moray

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Newcastle upon Tyne

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Newham

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Norfolk

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North Ayrshire

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North East Lincolnshire

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North Lanarkshire

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North Lincolnshire

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North Somerset

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North Tyneside

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North Yorkshire

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Northamptonshire

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Northumberland

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Nottinghamshire

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Oldham

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Orkney Islands

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Oxfordshire

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Pen Y Bont Ar Ogwr Bridgend

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Perth and Kinross

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Poole

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Powys

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Redbridge

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Redcar and Cleveland

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Renfrewshire

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Rhondda

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Richmond upon Thames

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Rochdale

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Rotherham

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Rutland

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Salford

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Sandwell

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Scottish Borders

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Sefton

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Sheffield

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Shetland Islands

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Shropshire

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Sir Benfro Pembrokeshire

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Sir Ceredigion Ceredigion

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Sir Ddinbych Denbighshire

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Sir Fynwy Monmouthshire

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Sir Gaerfyrddin Carmarthenshire

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Sir Y Fflint Flintshire

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Sir Ynys Mon Isle of Anglesey

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Solihull

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Somerset

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South Ayrshire

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South Gloucestershire

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South Lanarkshire

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South Tyneside

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Southwark

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St Helens

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Staffordshire

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Stirling

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Stockport

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Stockton on Tees

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Suffolk

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Sunderland

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Surrey

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Sutton

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Swansea

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Swindon

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Tameside

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The Vale of Glamorgan

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Tor Faen Torfaen

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Tower Hamlets

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Trafford

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Wakefield

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Walsall

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Waltham Forest

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Wandsworth

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Warwickshire

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West Dunbartonshire

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West Lothian

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West Sussex

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Western Isles

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Wigan

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Wiltshire

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Wirral

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Wolverhampton

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Wrexham

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York

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