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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Dover

1,152 oil and 331 LPG heated homes in Dover sit off the gas grid, 3.5% of local properties.

How Dover compares

Typical for England and Wales

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

Least off-grid Most off-grid

4% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Dover 120 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Dover heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 1,152
LPG Qualifies 331
Electric only Usually not 3,883

Of 42,324 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 Dover

235 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 Dover

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Dover.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
CT3 Canterbury 578 163 10.5%
CT15 Dover 456 121 13.8%
CT18 Folkestone 265 34 6.3%

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