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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Buckinghamshire

8,404 oil and 2,026 LPG heated homes in Buckinghamshire sit off the gas grid, 5.9% of local properties.

How Buckinghamshire compares

Typical for England and Wales

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

Least off-grid Most off-grid

6% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Buckinghamshire 84 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Buckinghamshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 8,404
LPG Qualifies 2,026
Electric only Usually not 21,579

Of 177,231 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 Buckinghamshire

1,337 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 Buckinghamshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Buckinghamshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
HP18 Aylesbury 1,423 404 23.9%
RG9 Henley-On-Thames 1,157 201 16.3%
MK18 Buckingham 1,011 218 10.3%
OX27 Bicester 977 117 41.1%
MK17 Milton Keynes 748 304 10.7%
HP22 Aylesbury 823 200 8.6%
HP14 High Wycombe 783 108 16.0%
HP16 Great Missenden 512 93 17.8%
HP23 Tring 402 85 8.5%
HP27 Princes Risborough 405 47 10.2%
HP17 Aylesbury 286 33 8.1%

Other authorities in South East