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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in North Hertfordshire

1,743 oil and 292 LPG heated homes in North Hertfordshire sit off the gas grid, 4.6% of local properties.

How North Hertfordshire compares

Typical for England and Wales

North 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 North Hertfordshire 102 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How North Hertfordshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 1,743
LPG Qualifies 292
Electric only Usually not 6,403

Of 44,426 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 North Hertfordshire

422 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 North Hertfordshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside North Hertfordshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
SG8 Royston 2,636 291 21.8%
SG9 Buntingford 709 62 19.6%
SG4 Hitchin 537 95 6.4%
SG7 Baldock 251 39 6.5%
AL6 Welwyn 182 36 6.1%

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