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Off‑Gas Grant

Where the £9,000 off-gas grant applies, postcode by postcode

£9,000 heat pump grant in Melton

1,759 oil and 196 LPG heated homes in Melton sit off the gas grid, 10.5% of local properties.

How Melton compares

More off-grid than most

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Melton than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

11% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Melton 53 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Melton heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 1,759
LPG Qualifies 196
Electric only Usually not 1,813

Of 18,624 properties with a current certificate.

What the grant is worth here

£9,000 towards an air source heat pump for an eligible off-gas property. A home on the gas grid gets £7,500, so being off the grid is worth £1,500 more.

Eligible off-gas-grid properties. The installer must be MCS-certified and applies on the owner's behalf. Landlords are eligible.

Rented property in Melton

439 of the oil and LPG heated homes here are privately rented. Landlords are eligible for the grant, and these properties also face the EPC C deadline in 2030.

Postcode districts in Melton

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Melton.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
NG32 Grantham 1,880 125 47.6%
LE14 Melton Mowbray 1,313 162 23.1%
NG13 Nottingham 427 52 5.7%

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