EPC Certificates in Southwark

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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 Southwark: the borough boundary with its streets, parks, railways and river — What 27,338 Southwark certificates record
Walls43.1%solid brick, no added insulation
Heating64.0%mains gas boiler
Built32.0%before 1930
Floor area64 m²median; houses 106 m²
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundary: ONS, OGL.

Ratings in Southwark

How do homes in Southwark rate?

70.1% of the 27,338 EPCs lodged for existing homes in Southwark since January 2023 are rated A to C, against 61.7% across London.

Southwark’s districts sit far apart: SE16 has 82.2% rated A to C from 4,327 certificates, and SE24 has 32.0% from 344, a gap of about 50 percentage points.

70.1%of Southwark EPCs rated C or above, 61.7% across London
10,557EPCs for privately rented homes, 12th of 33 London councils
64 m²median floor area of a Southwark home

Southwark27,338 certificates

All London879,704 certificates

EPC ratings of existing homes, Southwark and London, certificates lodged 01/01/2023 to 12/10/2026
Area	A to C	D	E	F or G	Certificates
Southwark	70.1% (19,160)	25.2% (6,895)	3.9% (1,078)	0.7% (205)	27,338
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	Southwark	London
2023	66.5% of 6,991	58.0%
2024	66.7% of 7,218	59.2%
2025	72.1% of 6,971	63.5%
2026 (to 12/10)	75.8% of 6,158	67.2%

How these figures are counted

Landlords

If you let in Southwark

10,557 of the certificates in Southwark were for privately rented homes. 26.0% of those were rated below C, against 35.0% across London, and 51 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 Southwark: mandatory, additional and selective licences

Southwark runs all three types. Mandatory licensing covers HMOs of five or more tenants forming more than one household. Additional licensing covers HMOs let to a maximum of four people with shared bathrooms or kitchens, section 257 HMOs, and flats in multiple occupation in a purpose-built block of three or more flats. Selective licensing covers other privately rented properties in the council’s selective licensing wards.

The selective wards are set out in four designations. Licences usually last five years, and the council gives only one or three years where there is evidence of poor management or other housing problems.

From 1 April 2026 the council’s fees page lists a selective licence at £945, paid as £661.50 and £283.50. An additional licence is £1,433 and a mandatory licence £1,653.50 for the first five lettings, plus £110 for each letting above five. The page lists a 50% discount on the second payment for Gold Standard Charter landlords.

The licence conditions list minimum energy efficiency standards among the rules a licence holder must comply with.

The wards in the four selective licensing designations:

Champion Hill
Newington
Faraday
Goose Green
St Giles
North Walworth
Nunhead and Queens Road
Old Kent Road
Peckham
Camberwell Green
Chaucer
Dulwich Hill
Dulwich Wood
London Bridge and West Bermondsey
Peckham Rye
Rotherhithe
Rye Lane
South Bermondsey
Surrey Docks

Southwark Council, property licensing, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, mandatory licensing, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, additional licensing, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, selective licensing, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, licence fees, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, licence conditions, checked 28/10/2026.

Homes in Southwark

Why homes in Southwark rate as they do

The north of Southwark is riverside warehouses turned into flats and a run of newer towers at Bankside, London Bridge and Rotherhithe. Walworth, the Old Kent Road and Peckham have post-war estates beside Victorian terraces, while East Dulwich, Dulwich and Herne Hill have larger Victorian and Edwardian houses. Southwark’s own conservation area list picks out social housing from the 1890s, tenement blocks with workshops behind them, and a small garden suburb from the 1920s.

A tenement flat, a cottage and a riverside tower sit in the same borough and are assessed on different things. In estates and towers, the heating system and who controls it often count for more than the walls. For a house in the south of the borough, loft depth, glazing and any extension carry more weight, and receipts or photos for each are worth finding.

22.4% of Southwark’s certificates are for homes built from 1991 to 2011, against 12.7% across London, and 15.6% record system-built walls, against 8.8%. Insulated cavity walls are recorded on 27.9%, above the London figure of 24.4%.

What the certificates record in Southwark and across London
Recorded on the certificate	Southwark	London
Built before 1930	32.0%	31.3%
Solid walls, no added insulation	43.1%	48.1%
Cavity walls, insulated	27.9%	24.4%
Mains gas boiler	64.0%	76.2%
Communal heating	17.5%	10.8%
Electric heating	17.0%	12.2%

On 85.3% 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 Southwark

Bankside, Borough, Bermondsey, London Bridge, Rotherhithe, Surrey Quays, Walworth, Elephant and Castle, Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, East Dulwich, Dulwich, Herne Hill and Upper Norwood.

EPCs lodged for existing homes in Southwark by postcode district, 01/01/2023 to 12/10/2026
District	EPCs	A to C	Typical size
SE1Bankside, Borough and Bermondsey	7,373	78.6%	60 m²
SE15Peckham and Nunhead	4,738	65.0%	66 m²
SE16Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays	4,327	82.2%	65 m²
SE5Camberwell	3,164	64.0%	62 m²
SE22East Dulwich	2,970	57.4%	71 m²
SE17Walworth and Elephant and Castle	2,888	72.1%	63 m²
SE21Dulwich	629	45.9%	86 m²
SE24Herne Hill	344	32.0%	100 m²
SE19Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood	294	52.0%	77 m²
SE11	278	55.0%	56 m²

Districts with fewer than 200 certificates are not listed (333 certificates in 5 other districts).

Next to Southwark

A recent job in Southwark

July 2026, Surrey Docks SE16. A top-floor flat of 50 m², rated D (64). The cavity walls and roof were recorded as insulated and the windows are fully double glazed. Heating is electric room heaters, with hot water from an off-peak electric immersion.

The only recommendation was high heat retention storage heaters with a dual immersion cylinder and a dual rate meter. With that carried out, the potential rating was C (76).

Local rules

Council rules that affect improvement work in Southwark

Conservation areas and Article 4 in Southwark

Southwark has 48 conservation areas. The council says you need planning permission there to make minor roof alterations, change windows or install satellite dishes, and that you must give six weeks’ written notice before tree work.

An Article 4 direction covers several of the conservation areas, so alterations that would otherwise be permitted need planning permission. The council’s list says the Sunray Estate direction was confirmed by the Secretary of State on 13 November 1987, and its Cobourg Road entry links a draft Article 4 direction.

A property licence is not planning permission. The council says you need planning permission to let a property as an HMO to seven or more people, or to use it as an HMO at all if it is in an Article 4 direction area.

Southwark Council, conservation areas, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, restrictions that apply in conservation areas, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, list of conservation areas, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, Article 4 directions, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, mandatory licensing, checked 28/10/2026.

Estates and cottages: Liverpool Grove, Pullens and Sunray

Three of the council’s conservation area entries describe estate housing. The Liverpool Grove area began in the 1890s as social housing, with two-storey terraced cottages and three-storey tenements. The Pullens Estate is late 19th-century four-storey tenement buildings with two-storey workshops attached at the back.

The Sunray Estate on Denmark Hill, built between 1920 and 1922, is cottage housing in a uniform layout that the council calls a good example of a small garden suburb. Dulwich Wood, by contrast, has 20th-century estates built where most of the Victorian houses were demolished, and the council says some of them date from the 1960s or 1970s.

Southwark Council, list of conservation areas, checked 28/10/2026. Southwark Council, Article 4 directions, checked 28/10/2026.

Questions

EPC questions for Southwark

Which Southwark wards need a selective licence?

The council names its wards across four designations, among them Peckham, Camberwell Green, Rotherhithe, Dulwich Hill and Old Kent Road. Properties already covered by mandatory or additional licensing do not need a selective licence as well. Southwark has an interactive map to check an address.

Southwark selective licensing

How much is a Southwark licence?

From 1 April 2026 the council lists £945 for selective and £1,433 for additional, with mandatory at £1,653.50 for the first five lettings. Each is paid in two parts, one on application and one on approval. Gold Standard Charter landlords get 50% off the second part.

Southwark licence fees

Do Southwark licence conditions mention energy efficiency?

Yes. The council lists minimum energy efficiency standards among the rules the licence holder must comply with, alongside electrical safety, PAT testing and fire safety. The conditions differ by licence type and, for selective licences, by designation.

Southwark licence conditions

Do I need planning permission to change windows in a Southwark conservation area?

Yes. Southwark lists changing windows, minor roof alterations and satellite dishes as needing planning permission in a conservation area. Some areas also have an Article 4 direction, so check the address before ordering work.

Southwark conservation area restrictions

Which Southwark postcodes rate lowest?

Of the districts with enough certificates to compare, SE24 has the lowest share rated A to C at 32.0%, from 344 certificates, and SE16 the highest at 82.2%. The table above has every district.