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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Epping Forest

1,267 oil and 331 LPG heated homes in Epping Forest sit off the gas grid, 4.0% of local properties.

How Epping Forest compares

Typical for England and Wales

Epping Forest 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 Epping Forest 111 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Epping Forest heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 1,267
LPG Qualifies 331
Electric only Usually not 4,622

Of 40,241 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 Epping Forest

233 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 Epping Forest

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Epping Forest.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
CM22 Bishop'S Stortford 622 77 12.8%
CM5 Ongar 500 94 17.8%
RM4 Romford 141 72 16.0%

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