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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Maidstone

2,087 oil and 418 LPG heated homes in Maidstone sit off the gas grid, 4.2% of local properties.

How Maidstone compares

Typical for England and Wales

Maidstone 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 Maidstone 110 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Maidstone heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 2,087
LPG Qualifies 418
Electric only Usually not 7,351

Of 60,154 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 Maidstone

404 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 Maidstone

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Maidstone.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
TN12 Tonbridge 1,464 328 16.8%
TN27 Ashford 869 119 21.2%
ME17 Maidstone 764 157 9.7%
ME18 Maidstone 172 43 10.4%

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