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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 Oxfordshire

3,967 oil and 554 LPG heated homes in West Oxfordshire sit off the gas grid, 11.3% of local properties.

How West Oxfordshire compares

More off-grid than most

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

Least off-grid Most off-grid

11% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks West Oxfordshire 48 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How West Oxfordshire heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 3,967
LPG Qualifies 554
Electric only Usually not 5,906

Of 40,026 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 Oxfordshire

939 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 Oxfordshire

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside West Oxfordshire.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
OX7 Chipping Norton 1,628 152 20.3%
OX18 Carterton 1,196 208 13.9%
OX29 Witney 980 176 12.6%
OX20 Woodstock 188 29 9.6%

Other authorities in South East