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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in West Northamptonshire

6,239 oil and 742 LPG heated homes in West Northamptonshire sit off the gas grid, 5.0% of local properties.

How West Northamptonshire compares

Typical for England and Wales

West Northamptonshire sits close to the England and Wales figure for off-grid heating.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

5% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks West Northamptonshire 97 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How West Northamptonshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 6,239
LPG Qualifies 742
Electric only Usually not 15,256

Of 140,943 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 West Northamptonshire

985 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 West Northamptonshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside West Northamptonshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
NN6 Northampton 1,469 185 13.3%
OX17 Banbury 1,406 112 26.5%
NN11 Daventry 1,148 130 8.9%
CV23 Rugby 1,003 145 11.8%
NN12 Towcester 1,019 114 11.7%
NN13 Brackley 652 58 9.9%
NN7 Northampton 521 73 6.3%
MK19 Milton Keynes 182 50 5.9%

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