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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in County Durham

4,873 oil and 867 LPG heated homes in County Durham sit off the gas grid, 3.1% of local properties.

How County Durham compares

Typical for England and Wales

County Durham sits close to the England and Wales figure for off-grid heating.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

3% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks County Durham 126 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How County Durham heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 4,873
LPG Qualifies 867
Electric only Usually not 6,830

Of 187,814 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 County Durham

847 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 County Durham

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside County Durham.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
DL13 Bishop Auckland 1,426 131 31.2%
DL11 Richmond 1,154 94 64.2%
DL12 Barnard Castle 954 88 22.5%
DL2 Darlington 868 81 12.4%
TS21 Stockton-On-Tees 350 64 8.1%

Other authorities in North East