Third Party Licences
Last Updated: February 2026
Energy & Property Data
| Service | Provider | Content | Copyright Notice | Licence Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPC Open Data | UK Government | EPC ratings for England & Wales properties | Copyright and Database Right Information, available at epc.opendatacommunities.org | Licence with respect to Address Data is set out in the Copyright and Database Right Information. Non-address data is subject to Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| Scottish EPC Data | Scottish Government | EPC ratings for Scottish properties | Non-Address Data — All data fields other than the address and postcode data (ADDRESS1, ADDRESS2, POSTTOWN & POSTCODE) included within this dataset are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. | Non-address data is subject to Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| PVGIS | European Commission JRC | Solar photovoltaic potential data | © European Union, 1995–2026. The Commission's reuse policy is implemented by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents. Unless otherwise indicated (e.g. in individual copyright notices), content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. This means that reuse is allowed, provided appropriate credit is given and changes are indicated. You may be required to clear additional rights if a specific content depicts identifiable private individuals or includes third-party works. To use or reproduce content that is not owned by the EU, you may need to seek permission directly from the rightholders. Software or documents covered by industrial property rights, such as patents, trade marks, registered designs, logos and names, are excluded from the Commission's reuse policy and are not licensed to you. | CC BY 4.0 |
| Carbon Intensity | National Grid ESO | Real-time grid carbon intensity by region | © National Energy System Operator | CC BY 4.0 |
| OFGEM Price Cap | OFGEM | Energy price cap reference data — used alongside the Octopus Tariff comparison | © Crown copyright and database rights, sourced from Ofgem | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Price Paid Data | HM Land Registry | Aggregated sold price statistics for England & Wales properties | © Crown copyright and database rights 2025 | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| UK Postcodes | Royal Mail | Address Data | See Royal Mail Copyright Notice below. | See Royal Mail Copyright Notice below. |
Royal Mail Copyright Notice
These data include post town and postcodes in which intellectual property rights are owned by Royal Mail Group Limited ('address data'). The Scottish Government has published the address data with the consent of Royal Mail Group Limited, which reserves all its copyright, database rights, trade marks and other intellectual property rights.
Royal Mail Group Limited permits the use of 'address data' for specific purposes related to the energy performance of buildings which are as follows:
- The effective management of properties in the private or public sector with a view to promoting energy efficiency (through consideration of factors such as patterns of use, maintenance, repairs, improvements and upgrades of building structure or energy using systems).
- Research to provide data, analysis and statistics intended to improve the understanding of energy efficiency of buildings or to facilitate innovation and improvement in use, design, materials, and equipment to this end.
- Research into the effectiveness or impact of energy efficiency improvements including those delivered through Government or other energy improvement programmes.
- Promoting and marketing energy efficiency improvements that may be made through a Government energy efficiency programme or initiative.
- Promotion and better understanding of the current energy efficiency of buildings and potential improvement in the building sale or rental markets and/or by building occupiers or users.
- To enable enforcement authorities to carry out enforcement duties as required by The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008, as amended.
- By local authorities in the exercise of their duties under the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.
- For the prevention or detection of crime, the apprehension or prosecution of alleged offenders, any proceedings in a court or tribunal or complying with an order of a court or a tribunal.
In addition to the purposes set out above there are certain exceptions to copyright relating to Royal Mail postal information which permit you to use copyrighted material for specific and limited purposes. These include non-commercial research and private study, subject to compliance with certain conditions. Further information about these exceptions can be found here: Exceptions to copyright — GOV.UK.
Where you publish or otherwise share address data with any other person for any of the purposes permitted under this copyright notice, you must include a copy of this copyright notice with the data.
Any use of address data which is not specified in this notice or covered by one of the copyright exceptions requires an appropriate license and is subject to Royal Mail Group Limited's relevant terms and conditions listed at: PAF — UK's most accurate and up-to-date addressing database.
By using address data on this website you will be taken to agree to the terms set out in this copyright notice. Failure to comply with this copyright notice may lead to Royal Mail Group Limited taking legal action against you.
You can contact Royal Mail at: address.management@royalmail.com.
Geolocation & Environmental
| Service | Provider | Copyright notices | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes.io | UK postcode lookup and geolocation — England, Wales, and Scotland only. | Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2025; Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2025; National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2025; NRS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. | GB postcode data licensed under the OS OpenData Licence. NI postcode data licensed under the ONSPD licence; commercial use requires a licence from NI Land & Property Services. |
| OpenWeatherMap | Air quality index and pollutant data | © OpenWeather Ltd. | OpenWeather Licensing Information |
Questions or Concerns?
This document was last updated on February 2026. If you have any questions, please contact us at privacy@postcode.energy.