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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Cheshire West and Chester

4,182 oil and 1,299 LPG heated homes in Cheshire West and Chester sit off the gas grid, 4.6% of local properties.

How Cheshire West and Chester compares

Typical for England and Wales

Cheshire West and Chester 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 Cheshire West and Chester 101 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Cheshire West and Chester heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 4,182
LPG Qualifies 1,299
Electric only Usually not 9,483

Of 118,844 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 Cheshire West and Chester

855 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 Cheshire West and Chester

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Cheshire West and Chester.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
CW6 Tarporley 1,163 404 35.9%
CH3 Chester 944 128 9.1%
SY14 Malpas 803 148 41.3%
WA6 Frodsham 270 84 6.0%
CH64 Neston 247 101 5.8%

Other authorities in North West