EPCs are not required on construction, sale or rent of non-dwellings for:

• places of worship

 

• temporary buildings with a planned time of use of less than two years

 

• stand-alone buildings with a total useful floor area of less than 50m2 that are not dwellings (a stand-alone building is defined as a building that is free standing i.e.entirely detached)

• industrial sites, workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings with low energy demand (Buildings that are industrial sites and workshops with low energy demand. These include buildings, or parts of buildings designed to be used separately, whose purpose is to accommodate industrial activities in spaces where the air is not conditioned. Activities that would be covered include foundries, forging and other hot processes, chemical process, food and drinks packaging, heavy engineering and storage and warehouses where, in each case, the air in the space is not fully heated or cooled. Whilst not fully heated or cooled these cases may have some local conditioning appliances such as plaque or air heaters or air conditioners to serve people at workstations or refuges dispersed amongst and not separated from the industrial activitiesNon-residential agricultural buildings with low energy demand include buildings, or parts of buildings designed to be used separately, that are heated for a few days each year to enable plants to germinate but are otherwise unheated)

EPCs are not required on sale or rent for buildings due to be demolished. The seller or landlord should be able to demonstrate that:

• the building is to be sold or let with vacant possession

 

• the building is suitable for demolition and the resulting site is suitable for redevelopment

 

• they believe, on reasonable grounds, that a prospective buyer or tenant intends to demolish the building (eg on evidence of an application for planning permission)

Further guidance on EPC exemptions is available at; www.communities.gov.uk/epbd