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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 Suffolk

10,033 oil and 944 LPG heated homes in West Suffolk sit off the gas grid, 17.3% of local properties.

How West Suffolk compares

Heavily off the gas grid

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in West Suffolk than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

17% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks West Suffolk 25 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How West Suffolk heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 10,033
LPG Qualifies 944
Electric only Usually not 9,499

Of 63,401 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 Suffolk

2,273 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 Suffolk

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside West Suffolk.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
CB8 Newmarket 2,909 315 25.0%
IP28 Bury St. Edmunds 2,551 310 26.3%
CO10 Sudbury 2,358 104 14.1%
IP31 Bury St. Edmunds 2,283 93 31.3%
IP22 Diss 2,266 89 29.6%
IP29 Bury St. Edmunds 1,819 150 72.2%
IP27 Brandon 1,741 121 27.8%
IP30 Bury St. Edmunds 1,585 66 30.1%
CB9 Haverhill 574 19 5.4%

Other authorities in East of England