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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in West Berkshire

6,046 oil and 676 LPG heated homes in West Berkshire sit off the gas grid, 12.9% of local properties.

How West Berkshire compares

Heavily off the gas grid

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

Least off-grid Most off-grid

13% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks West Berkshire 39 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How West Berkshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 6,046
LPG Qualifies 676
Electric only Usually not 10,111

Of 52,018 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 West Berkshire

1,405 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 West Berkshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside West Berkshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
RG20 Newbury 2,731 218 50.5%
RG7 Reading 2,014 342 20.5%
RG17 Hungerford 1,196 98 23.3%
RG18 Thatcham 750 93 15.4%
RG8 Reading 754 84 14.7%
RG19 Thatcham 312 64 6.9%

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