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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Central Bedfordshire

2,822 oil and 839 LPG heated homes in Central Bedfordshire sit off the gas grid, 3.6% of local properties.

How Central Bedfordshire compares

Typical for England and Wales

Central Bedfordshire sits close to the England and Wales figure for off-grid heating.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

4% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Central Bedfordshire 119 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Central Bedfordshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 2,822
LPG Qualifies 839
Electric only Usually not 9,777

Of 101,557 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 Central Bedfordshire

557 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 Central Bedfordshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Central Bedfordshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
MK44 Bedford 1,030 128 22.2%
MK43 Bedford 921 134 7.9%
MK17 Milton Keynes 748 304 10.7%
MK45 Bedford 667 316 6.1%
SG19 Sandy 836 70 10.8%
SG18 Biggleswade 544 98 6.0%

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