EPC Certificates in Westminster

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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 Westminster: the borough boundary with its streets, parks, railways and river — What 33,376 Westminster certificates record
Walls61.3%solid brick, no added insulation
Heating57.3%mains gas boiler
Built54.7%before 1930
Floor area65 m²median; houses 131 m²
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundary: ONS, OGL.

Ratings in Westminster

How do homes in Westminster rate?

67.5% of the 33,376 EPCs lodged for existing homes in Westminster since January 2023 are rated A to C, against 61.7% across London.

Flats and maisonettes are 90.7% of Westminster’s certificates, the 3rd highest share of 33 boroughs. SW1E has the largest share rated A to C at 83.3%, and SW1X the smallest at 52.7%.

67.5%of Westminster EPCs rated C or above, 61.7% across London
13,570EPCs for privately rented homes, 5th of 33 London councils
65 m²median floor area of a Westminster home

Westminster33,376 certificates

All London879,704 certificates

EPC ratings of existing homes, Westminster and London, certificates lodged 01/01/2023 to 12/10/2026
Area	A to C	D	E	F or G	Certificates
Westminster	67.5% (22,514)	26.3% (8,782)	5.2% (1,730)	1.0% (350)	33,376
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	Westminster	London
2023	65.3% of 9,114	58.0%
2024	66.4% of 9,150	59.2%
2025	67.1% of 8,685	63.5%
2026 (to 12/10)	72.5% of 6,427	67.2%

How these figures are counted

Landlords

If you let in Westminster

13,570 of the certificates in Westminster were for privately rented homes. 31.8% of those were rated below C, against 35.0% across London, and 142 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 Westminster: selective, additional and mandatory licences

Westminster’s selective licensing scheme came into effect on 24 November 2025. It applies to privately rented homes let to a single household, a single tenant or two people sharing, in 15 of the city’s 18 wards. HMOs already covered by the mandatory or additional schemes are left out. Pimlico South, St James’s and Vincent Square are the three wards outside the scheme.

Additional HMO licensing covers shared houses and flats where three or more people from two or more households share a kitchen or bathroom, across the whole city. The council’s notice gave 31 August 2026 as the start of the renewed scheme, which runs for five years.

A selective licence costs £995, paid as £543 on application and £452 when the licence is granted. The council’s fees page takes the EPC into account: 20% off the second payment, £90.40, for a rating of B or above, and 10%, £45.20, for a C. Its HMO fee page, at £1,540 for up to five bedrooms, lists the same two bands at 20% and 10% off the second payment.

The 15 wards in the selective scheme, in two designations:

Abbey Road
Church Street
Harrow Road
Knightsbridge and Belgravia
Little Venice
Maida Vale
Queen’s Park
Westbourne
Bayswater
Hyde Park
Lancaster Gate
Marylebone
Pimlico North
Regent’s Park
West End

Westminster City Council, selective property licensing, checked 28/10/2026. Westminster City Council, do I need a selective licence?, checked 28/10/2026. Westminster City Council, selective licence fees and discounts, checked 28/10/2026. Westminster City Council, HMO licence fees and guidance, checked 28/10/2026. Westminster City Council, renewal of the additional HMO licensing scheme, checked 28/10/2026.

Homes in Westminster

Why homes in Westminster rate as they do

Westminster runs from the stuccoed terraces of Pimlico and Belgravia, through the mansion blocks of Maida Vale and the villas of St John’s Wood, to the offices, hotels and flats above shops of the West End. In the north-west corner, the Queen’s Park Estate is a cottage estate designed in 1873, which the council’s guide calls the only estate of its type in Westminster.

Most homes here are flats, so the questions are about the building as much as the flat: how it is heated, whether there is a communal boiler or one in each flat, and which parts of the roof and walls belong to the freehold. For a flat in a managed block, the managing agent often holds that information, and asking for it before the visit saves time.

61.3% of Westminster’s certificates record solid walls with no added insulation, against 48.1% across London. Communal heating is recorded on 24.6%, against 10.8%, and 54.7% of certificates are for homes built before 1930, against 31.3%.

What the certificates record in Westminster and across London
Recorded on the certificate	Westminster	London
Built before 1930	54.7%	31.3%
Solid walls, no added insulation	61.3%	48.1%
Cavity walls, insulated	10.6%	24.4%
Mains gas boiler	57.3%	76.2%
Communal heating	24.6%	10.8%
Electric heating	16.1%	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 Westminster

Pimlico, Victoria, Westminster and Millbank, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Mayfair, Marylebone, Soho, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia, Paddington, Bayswater, Maida Vale, St John’s Wood, Regent’s Park and Queen’s Park.

EPCs lodged for existing homes in Westminster by postcode district, 01/01/2023 to 12/10/2026
District	EPCs	A to C	Typical size
W2Paddington and Bayswater	6,847	68.1%	59 m²
W9Maida Vale and Warwick Avenue	4,863	67.4%	63 m²
NW8St John’s Wood and Lisson Grove	3,556	66.2%	66 m²
SW1VPimlico	2,764	66.0%	58 m²
SW1PWestminster and Millbank	2,131	75.9%	61 m²
W10Queen’s Park	1,582	63.0%	72 m²
NW1Regent’s Park	1,338	62.6%	65 m²
W1HMarylebone	1,273	66.6%	74 m²
SW1WBelgravia	1,078	63.5%	78 m²
W1UMarylebone	998	71.1%	72 m²
W1KMayfair	650	59.7%	112 m²
W1WFitzrovia	635	70.6%	52 m²
W1FSoho	586	74.4%	51 m²
SW7the Knightsbridge edge	534	57.5%	122 m²
W1GMarylebone and Harley Street	525	64.6%	85 m²
SW1XBelgravia and Knightsbridge	484	52.7%	141 m²
W1DSoho	431	66.4%	51 m²
W1JMayfair and Piccadilly	422	69.7%	76 m²
W11	321	67.9%	55 m²
WC2HCovent Garden and Leicester Square	320	82.8%	51 m²
WC2ECovent Garden	290	69.3%	64 m²
NW6	239	69.9%	71 m²
W1TFitzrovia	210	81.4%	66 m²
SW1EVictoria	203	83.3%	90 m²

Districts with fewer than 200 certificates are not listed (1,096 certificates in 10 other districts).

Next to Westminster

Local rules

Council rules that affect improvement work in Westminster

Conservation areas and Article 4 in Westminster

The council counts 56 conservation areas in Westminster. In them you need planning permission for demolition and for some alterations or extensions that do not need it outside a conservation area.

On top of that, the council has removed permitted development rights for minor alterations on named streets and estates: Abbey Gardens, Bridstow Place, Bristol Gardens, Moncorvo Close, Queen’s Park Estate, Relton Mews and Sussex Gardens. Its Article 4 page links a document for each. A separate direction has covered basement development across the whole city since 31 July 2016.

Westminster City Council, conservation areas, checked 28/10/2026. Westminster City Council, Article 4 Directions in Westminster, checked 28/10/2026.

Queen’s Park Estate: windows on a Victorian cottage estate

The council’s design guide says the Queen’s Park Estate was designed in 1873 for the Artizans, Labourers and General Dwellings Company, first by Robert Austin and later by Roland Plumbe. It calls the estate a remarkably complete example of a cottage estate, and gives 1978 as the year it became a conservation area.

On windows, the guide asks for original sashes to be repaired rather than replaced, and says secondary glazing can be installed behind the traditional windows for insulation. It rejects uPVC and aluminium units. The guide is an older document that refers to Unitary Development Plan policy, and it advises checking the current position with the council before any work.

Westminster City Council, Queen’s Park Estate design guide, checked 28/10/2026.

Questions

EPC questions for Westminster

Does a better EPC lower the Westminster licence fee?

Yes, on the second payment. For a selective licence the council lists 20% off Part B, £90.40, for a rating of B or above and 10%, £45.20, for a C. Its HMO fee page shows the same two bands. The same table lists a separate 10% off for accredited landlords.

Westminster selective licence fees

Which Westminster wards are outside selective licensing?

Pimlico South, St James’s and Vincent Square. The other 15 wards are covered. A shared property in those three wards can still need an HMO licence, and the council has a ward finder for an address.

Westminster: do I need a licence?

Does a flat share in Westminster need an HMO licence?

If three or more people from two or more households share a kitchen or bathroom, the additional licensing scheme applies across the city. The council’s notice gave 31 August 2026 as the start of the renewed scheme, which runs for five years.

Westminster additional HMO licensing

What does the council say about replacing windows on the Queen’s Park Estate?

Its design guide asks for original sash windows to be repaired where possible, suggests secondary glazing behind them for insulation, and rules out uPVC and aluminium replacements. The guide is dated, so confirm with the council before ordering anything.

Queen’s Park Estate design guide (PDF)

Which Westminster postcodes rate lowest?

Of the districts with enough certificates to compare, SW1X has the lowest share rated A to C at 52.7%, from 484 certificates, and SW1E the highest at 83.3%. The table above has every district.