Energy Performance Certificates · Four Lanes, Cornwall
EPC Four Lanes
An EPC for your Four Lanes sale or let, from an Elmhurst-accredited Domestic Energy Assessor. Request a quote to get started.
When booking, pick Residential, then Domestic EPC.
EPC ratings in Four Lanes
- Local median score
- 69 Band C
- Band C or above
- 52% of homes with an EPC
- Camborne and Redruth (constituency)
- 67 Band D
- England
- 69 Band C
Four Lanes' median EPC score is 69 (band C), going by ONS figures for Cornwall 051, where 52% of homes with a certificate are C or above.
Set against 67 for the Camborne and Redruth constituency, Four Lanes comes out 2 points above; England overall is 69. Existing homes have a median of 63; new builds reach 84.
Based on certificates lodged April 2015 to March 2025; homes never assessed in that time are left out.
Four Lanes' homes, by the numbers
How old Four Lanes' homes are
About 35% of Four Lanes' homes date from before 1919 (VOA) and 20% from 2000 or later. Across the Camborne and Redruth constituency, homes built before 1929 have a median score of 55, with 14% at C or above; those built since 2012 reach 83.
Few Four Lanes homes on mains gas
Census 2021: mains gas was the sole heating for 4% of 657 households in Four Lanes. Other single fuels: electricity 28%, oil 26%, bottled or tank gas (LPG) 14%, renewables such as heat pumps 3%, wood or solid fuel 2%. 15% combined more than one, and 6% had no central heating. Because the rating reflects estimated fuel bills, off-gas homes often need better insulation or a heat pump to reach C.
Four Lanes' housing mix
The most common home type in Four Lanes is the terraced house (33%), then detached (32%). Flats tend to score best (England median 74) because they share walls; terraced homes sit at 67.
Listed buildings and conservation areas
5 listed buildings stand in and around Four Lanes (Historic England).
Local stone and walls
Geologically, Four Lanes sits on granite (BGS). Wall construction is a major input to the rating.
Letting a home in Four Lanes
The 2021 Census found 93 privately rented households in Four Lanes, 14% of the total; owner-occupiers made up 72%. The government has confirmed a move to C by 1 October 2030; 47% of certificated homes in the Camborne and Redruth constituency already meet it.
Four Lanes EPC FAQs
When do I need an EPC to sell in Four Lanes?
Before you put it on the market. Request a quote online through Survey Booker, or call us.
What is the minimum EPC for a Four Lanes let?
E, unless exempt, until the move to C by 1 October 2030. In 2021, 93 Four Lanes households were private tenants.
How long does an EPC last?
Ten years. Check a Four Lanes address free on the government's Find an energy certificate service.
What EPC band are most Four Lanes homes?
Around band C: the ONS median for Cornwall 051 is 69.
Do listed homes in Four Lanes need an EPC?
Usually yes. The exemption applies only if compliance would unacceptably alter the building's character or appearance, which the conservation officer can judge. 5 buildings around Four Lanes are listed.
Buying in Four Lanes?
An EPC rates energy efficiency, not condition. See surveyors in Four Lanes.
Also around Four Lanes
- EPC Lanner 3.1 km · median 55 (D)
- EPC Pool and Illogan 3.5 km · median 69 (C)
- EPC Redruth 3.7 km · median 69 (C)
- EPC Stithians 4.6 km · median 55 (D)
- EPC Camborne 4.6 km · median 73 (C)
- EPC Carharrack 5 km · median 55 (D)
All Camborne and Redruth constituency EPC pages · All Cornwall EPC pages