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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Folkestone and Hythe

1,803 oil and 446 LPG heated homes in Folkestone and Hythe sit off the gas grid, 5.4% of local properties.

How Folkestone and Hythe compares

Typical for England and Wales

Folkestone and Hythe 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 Folkestone and Hythe 93 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Folkestone and Hythe heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 1,803
LPG Qualifies 446
Electric only Usually not 4,924

Of 41,758 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 Folkestone and Hythe

183 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 Folkestone and Hythe

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Folkestone and Hythe.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
TN25 Ashford 1,415 406 26.5%
CT4 Canterbury 1,067 228 25.5%
TN29 Romney Marsh 482 114 13.5%
CT18 Folkestone 265 34 6.3%

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