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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in East Hertfordshire

2,320 oil and 320 LPG heated homes in East Hertfordshire sit off the gas grid, 5.4% of local properties.

How East Hertfordshire compares

Typical for England and Wales

East Hertfordshire 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 East Hertfordshire 95 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How East Hertfordshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 2,320
LPG Qualifies 320
Electric only Usually not 7,945

Of 49,220 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 East Hertfordshire

417 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 East Hertfordshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside East Hertfordshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
SG9 Buntingford 709 62 19.6%
SG11 Ware 382 53 18.3%
SG13 Hertford 219 81 5.4%
AL6 Welwyn 182 36 6.1%
SG10 Much Hadham 105 3 19.6%

Other authorities in East of England