EPC Certificates in Camden

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Abdul Motaleb Taher, Elmhurst and Quidos accredited assessor, EES/036265 QUID202220 · Check the GOV.UK register. Figures updated 30/10/2026.

Map of Camden: the borough boundary with its streets, parks, railways and river — What 25,323 Camden certificates record
Walls59.9%solid brick, no added insulation
Heating64.9%mains gas boiler
Built50.5%before 1930
Floor area62 m²median; houses 149 m²
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundary: ONS, OGL.

Ratings in Camden

How do homes in Camden rate?

63.5% of the 25,323 EPCs lodged for existing homes in Camden since January 2023 are rated A to C, against 61.7% across London.

Camden’s share rated A to C has not climbed the way London’s has: 65.6% in 2023 and 64.9% in 2026, while London went from 58.0% to 67.2%. The latest year is a part year.

63.5%of Camden EPCs rated C or above, 61.7% across London
10,005EPCs for privately rented homes, 15th of 33 London councils
62 m²median floor area of a Camden home

Camden25,323 certificates

All London879,704 certificates

EPC ratings of existing homes, Camden and London, certificates lodged 01/01/2023 to 12/10/2026
Area	A to C	D	E	F or G	Certificates
Camden	63.5% (16,089)	30.2% (7,648)	5.4% (1,363)	0.9% (223)	25,323
All London	61.7% (542,996)	32.8% (288,661)	4.6% (40,358)	0.9% (7,689)	879,704

Source: MHCLG, Get energy performance of buildings data, certificates for existing homes lodged 01/01/2023 to 12/10/2026 (file of 13/10/2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Share rated A to C, by year lodged

Year	Camden	London
2023	65.6% of 7,544	58.0%
2024	62.9% of 6,163	59.2%
2025	60.5% of 6,294	63.5%
2026 (to 12/10)	64.9% of 5,322	67.2%

How these figures are counted

Landlords

If you let in Camden

10,005 of the certificates in Camden were for privately rented homes. 32.7% of those were rated below C, against 35.0% across London, and 73 were rated F or G.

A rental needs an E or better today unless a valid exemption is registered.

Read the rules for landlords today, what the 2030 standard means, what a licence application asks for, or how we work with landlords.

Letting in Camden: HMO licensing

Camden requires a mandatory licence for most properties occupied by five or more people from two or more households, whatever the number of storeys. Its additional HMO licensing scheme, the third borough-wide, started on 8 December 2025 and replaced the one that ran from December 2020 for five years.

Additional licensing applies to any property occupied by three or more people from two or more households. It also covers buildings converted into flats that do not meet the 1991 Building Regulations, where less than half the flats are owner-occupied. Purpose-built blocks of three or more flats are outside mandatory licensing, but the council says every such flat must be licensed under the additional scheme.

Camden says a failure to hold an HMO licence can bring a fixed penalty of up to £40,000, or an unlimited fine on prosecution.

Camden Council, houses in multiple occupation, checked 24/10/2026.

Homes in Camden

Why homes in Camden rate as they do

Camden mixes the large stuccoed and brick houses of Hampstead, Belsize Park and Primrose Hill, mansion blocks in Bloomsbury and St John’s Wood, and Victorian terraces cut into flats in Kentish Town and Kilburn. Estates from the 1960s and 1970s sit among them, and new blocks have gone up around King’s Cross.

About half the borough is conservation area, so the outside of many homes cannot easily change. That does not alter the assessment: the certificate records the walls, glazing and heating as they stand. For mansion flats and estate flats, the heating controls and any communal system are what to have ready.

50.5% of Camden’s certificates are for homes built before 1930, against 31.3% across London, and 59.9% record solid walls with no added insulation, against 48.1%. Fewer use a mains gas boiler (64.9% against 76.2%) and more have communal heating (23.6% against 10.8%).

What the certificates record in Camden and across London
Recorded on the certificate	Camden	London
Built before 1930	50.5%	31.3%
Solid walls, no added insulation	59.9%	48.1%
Cavity walls, insulated	15.2%	24.4%
Mains gas boiler	64.9%	76.2%
Communal heating	23.6%	10.8%
Electric heating	10.6%	12.2%

On 84.5% of the certificates rated D or lower, the potential rating (every recommendation carried out) is C or better.

Coverage

Areas and postcodes we cover in Camden

Camden Town, Regent’s Park, Hampstead, Belsize Park, Primrose Hill, Kentish Town, Gospel Oak, Kilburn, South Hampstead, Bloomsbury, King’s Cross, Fitzrovia and Highgate.

EPCs lodged for existing homes in Camden by postcode district, 01/01/2023 to 12/10/2026
District	EPCs	A to C	Typical size
NW3Hampstead and Belsize Park	5,704	60.0%	71 m²
NW1Camden Town and Regent’s Park	5,472	69.2%	61 m²
NW6Kilburn and South Hampstead	4,225	63.9%	62 m²
NW5Kentish Town and Gospel Oak	2,909	56.7%	63 m²
WC1HBloomsbury and Euston	1,006	69.8%	46 m²
WC1NBloomsbury	830	61.6%	53 m²
NW2	812	58.5%	51 m²
NW8St John’s Wood	712	60.3%	72 m²
WC1XKing’s Cross	643	61.3%	49 m²
W1TFitzrovia	404	66.6%	50 m²
WC2HCovent Garden and Seven Dials	357	73.7%	59 m²
N1CKing’s Cross Central	330	99.7%	61 m²
EC1NHatton Garden	305	69.5%	64 m²
N6Highgate	272	39.0%	83 m²
WC1EBloomsbury and Euston	232	60.8%	58 m²

Districts with fewer than 200 certificates are not listed (1,110 certificates in 11 other districts).

Next to Camden

Local rules

Council rules that affect improvement work in Camden

Conservation areas and Article 4 in Camden

Camden has 40 conservation areas, covering about half of the borough. To change a property in one, you will usually need planning permission and a heritage statement with the application. The council says it supports the sensitive retrofit of buildings in conservation areas and offers pre-application advice.

Article 4 Directions remove some permitted development rights from houses and flats in Belsize, Fitzjohns Netherhall, Hampstead (including Frognal Way), Primrose Hill, South Hampstead (formerly Swiss Cottage), South Hill Park Estate, Dartmouth Park and Redington and Frognal. The council shows adoption dates from 1977 to 9 June 2026, so check which direction covers your street.

Camden Council, conservation areas, checked 24/10/2026. Camden Council, Article 4 Directions, checked 24/10/2026.

Listed homes, Belsize rules and landlord grants in Camden

Camden has more than 5,600 listed buildings, including the 1970s Alexandra Road Estate. Every part of a listed building is protected, inside as well as out. Belsize is mid-19th century Italianate villas, planned in pairs of three or four storeys plus a basement, with late 19th century red-brick streets in an Arts and Crafts style. The Holly Lodge Estate in Highgate follows a 1923 masterplan based on garden suburb principles.

In Belsize, replacing front windows or doors with matching double-glazed ones needs planning permission under the Article 4 Direction, and the council charges no fee for those applications. The council’s design guides say draught-proofing and secondary glazing need no planning permission.

Camden’s minimum energy efficiency standards support grant matches a landlord’s contribution up to £10,000 per building, for homes rated D to G that must reach band C. The works must come from a valid EPC, ideally no more than 24 months old, and the grant asks for a certificate of future occupation, for renting for five years.

Camden Council, listed buildings, checked 28/10/2026. Camden Council, Belsize area design guide, June 2026, checked 28/10/2026. Camden Council, Belsize fact sheet, June 2026, checked 28/10/2026. Camden Council, Holly Lodge Estate appraisal, checked 28/10/2026. Camden Council, minimum energy efficiency standards support grant, checked 28/10/2026.

Questions

EPC questions for Camden

Do I need an HMO licence in Camden?

If three or more people from two or more households live in the property, yes: an additional licence for three or four, a mandatory licence for five or more. The additional scheme is borough-wide and started on 8 December 2025.

Camden HMO licensing

Can I add insulation to a Camden home in a conservation area?

Often with consent. Camden says changes to a property in a conservation area usually need planning permission and a heritage statement, and that it supports sensitive retrofit. Article 4 Directions in places like Belsize and Hampstead take away more permitted development rights.

Camden conservation areas · Camden Article 4 Directions

Do you assess mansion flats in Bloomsbury and St John’s Wood?

Yes. Have the heating controls, the boiler or communal system details and any evidence of glazing work ready. Each self-contained flat gets its own EPC.

Does Camden help landlords pay for energy improvements?

Camden’s minimum energy efficiency standards support grant matches a landlord’s contribution up to £10,000 per building, for homes rated D to G that must reach band C. The works must be recommended by a valid EPC, ideally no more than 24 months old, so a current certificate comes first.

Camden minimum energy efficiency standards support grant

Which Camden postcodes rate lowest?

Of the districts with enough certificates to compare, N6 has the lowest share rated A to C at 39.0%, from 272 certificates, and N1C the highest at 99.7%. Some Camden districts are small, so read their figures with the certificate count beside them. The table above has every district.