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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Isle of Wight

1,358 oil and 702 LPG heated homes in Isle of Wight sit off the gas grid, 3.8% of local properties.

How Isle of Wight compares

Typical for England and Wales

Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight 115 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Isle of Wight heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 1,358
LPG Qualifies 702
Electric only Usually not 9,230

Of 54,486 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 Isle of Wight

128 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 Isle of Wight

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Isle of Wight.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
PO30 Newport 555 351 8.2%
PO38 Ventnor 523 192 13.4%
PO41 Yarmouth 110 59 17.9%

Other authorities in South East