When do you need an EPC?

 

You must have an EPC if:

• you rent out or sell the premises

• a building under construction is finished

• there are changes to the number of parts used for separate occupation and these changes involve providing or extending fixed heating, air conditioning or mechanical ventilation systems

 

You can be fined between £500 and £5,000 based on the rateable value of the building if you do not make an EPC available to any prospective buyer or tenant.

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How much it costs

The cost of an EPC will depend on the building being assessed.  Simple, single storey properties, such as a shop in the high street, would start at £220, plus registration.  Cost would then increase to reflect size, complexity and location.

 

All EPCs are valid for 10 years.

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Government’s commercial non-domestic EPC B pledge!

The government has pledged to require all commercial non-domestic buildings to achieve an EPC B rating by 2030.

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Minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) legislation for commercial rented property relates to the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (the PRS regulations), which stem from the Energy Act 2011. The key aim of the regulations, recently confirmed in the government’s energy white paper published in December 2020, is for all rented non-domestic buildings in England and Wales to reach EPC B by 2030, where “cost effective” (meeting relevant criteria, in other words).

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