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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in South Oxfordshire

3,296 oil and 556 LPG heated homes in South Oxfordshire sit off the gas grid, 7.7% of local properties.

How South Oxfordshire compares

More off-grid than most

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in South Oxfordshire than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

8% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks South Oxfordshire 75 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How South Oxfordshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 3,296
LPG Qualifies 556
Electric only Usually not 6,655

Of 49,892 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 South Oxfordshire

661 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 South Oxfordshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside South Oxfordshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
RG9 Henley-On-Thames 1,157 201 16.3%
RG8 Reading 754 84 14.7%
OX10 Wallingford 625 98 7.0%
OX9 Thame 329 93 8.1%
OX49 Watlington 349 45 24.0%
OX44 Oxford 311 42 14.1%
OX33 Oxford 192 35 10.4%
OX39 Chinnor 183 25 8.0%

Other authorities in South East