Energy Performance Certificates · Lanner, Cornwall
EPC Lanner
An EPC for your Lanner sale or let, from an Elmhurst-accredited Domestic Energy Assessor. Request a quote to get started.
On the booking page, choose Residential, then Domestic EPC.
EPC ratings in Lanner
- Local median score
- 55 Band D
- Band C or above
- 22% of homes with an EPC
- Camborne and Redruth (constituency)
- 67 Band D
- England
- 69 Band C
Lanner's median EPC score is 55 (band D), going by ONS figures for Cornwall 050, where 22% of homes with a certificate are C or above.
That puts it 12 points below the median for the Camborne and Redruth constituency (67) and 14 points below England (69). New-build homes here score a median 83, against 52 for existing homes.
Source window: EPCs lodged April 2015 to March 2025, latest per home.
Why Lanner homes score as they do
Age of the housing
VOA records show 34% of Lanner homes were built before 1919, while 20% are from 2000 onwards. In the Camborne and Redruth constituency the oldest homes (pre-1929) score a median 55; the newest (2012 on) score 83.
Off-gas heating
Of Lanner's 933 households, 7% relied on mains gas alone in the 2021 Census. Other single fuels: oil 32%, electricity 24%, bottled or tank gas (LPG) 10%, renewables such as heat pumps 3%, wood or solid fuel 2%. 17% combined more than one, and 4% had no central heating. For off-gas Lanner homes, a heat pump or better insulation is usually the route up a band.
Type of home
Census 2021 counts Lanner's homes as 47% detached, 27% semi-detached, 24% terraced, 2% flats. Flats tend to score best (England median 74) because they share walls; detached homes sit at 68.
Protected buildings in Lanner
Historic England lists 6 buildings in and around Lanner. That can limit upgrades such as external insulation or new windows.
What Lanner is built on
The bedrock under Lanner is mostly mudstone, siltstone and sandstone (BGS). Solid masonry walls rate poorly on an EPC without proof of insulation.
Renting out in Lanner
12% of Lanner households (111) rented privately in 2021, 75% owned their home and 12% rented socially. It goes up to C by 1 October 2030 (government response, January 2026). In the Camborne and Redruth constituency, 47% of homes with an EPC are C or above.
EPC questions in Lanner
When do I need an EPC to sell in Lanner?
Before you put it on the market. Request a quote online through Survey Booker, or call us.
What is the minimum EPC for a Lanner let?
E, unless exempt, until the move to C by 1 October 2030. In 2021, 111 Lanner households were private tenants.
How long does an EPC last?
Ten years. Check a Lanner address free on the government's Find an energy certificate service.
What EPC band are most Lanner homes?
Around band D: the ONS median for Cornwall 050 is 55.
Is a listed building in Lanner exempt from needing an EPC?
Only if meeting minimum energy requirements would unacceptably alter its character or appearance. Ask the local authority's conservation officer. Lanner has 6 listed buildings.
Buying in Lanner?
An EPC rates energy efficiency, not condition. See surveyors in Lanner.
Nearby EPC pages
- EPC Carharrack 2 km · median 55 (D)
- EPC Redruth 2.7 km · median 69 (C)
- EPC Four Lanes 3.1 km · median 69 (C)
- EPC Stithians 3.4 km · median 55 (D)
- EPC Ponsanooth 4.6 km · median 66 (D)
- EPC Pool and Illogan 5 km · median 69 (C)
All Camborne and Redruth constituency EPC pages · All Cornwall EPC pages