£9,000 heat pump grant in Wigan
191 oil and 142 LPG heated homes in Wigan sit off the gas grid, 0.3% of local properties.
How Wigan compares
Mostly on the gas grid
Most homes in Wigan have a gas connection, so the off-gas uplift applies to relatively few of them.
0% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Wigan 223 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.
How Wigan heats its homes
Of 106,594 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 Wigan
30 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.
Other authorities in North West
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Burnley
- Bury
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Chorley
- Cumberland
- Fylde
- Halton
- Hyndburn
- Knowsley
- Lancaster
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Oldham
- Pendle
- Preston
- Ribble Valley
- Rochdale
- Rossendale
- Salford
- Sefton
- South Ribble
- St. Helens
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Warrington
- West Lancashire
- Westmorland and Furness
- Wirral
- Wyre