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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Tunbridge Wells

2,725 oil and 490 LPG heated homes in Tunbridge Wells sit off the gas grid, 8.0% of local properties.

How Tunbridge Wells compares

More off-grid than most

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells 73 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Tunbridge Wells heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 2,725
LPG Qualifies 490
Electric only Usually not 6,782

Of 40,428 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 Tunbridge Wells

385 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 Tunbridge Wells

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Tunbridge Wells.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
TN12 Tonbridge 1,464 328 16.8%
TN17 Cranbrook 990 134 25.1%
TN3 Tunbridge Wells 647 150 24.4%
TN18 Cranbrook 311 12 14.3%

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