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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Vale of White Horse

2,437 oil and 485 LPG heated homes in Vale of White Horse sit off the gas grid, 5.8% of local properties.

How Vale of White Horse compares

Typical for England and Wales

Vale of White Horse sits close to the England and Wales figure for off-grid heating.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

6% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Vale of White Horse 85 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Vale of White Horse heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 2,437
LPG Qualifies 485
Electric only Usually not 6,791

Of 50,265 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 Vale of White Horse

493 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 Vale of White Horse

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Vale of White Horse.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
SN7 Faringdon 699 136 13.8%
SN6 Swindon 725 67 9.7%
OX12 Wantage 667 95 6.5%
OX13 Abingdon 520 129 11.9%

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