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Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in Winchester

3,019 oil and 730 LPG heated homes in Winchester sit off the gas grid, 8.4% of local properties.

How Winchester compares

More off-grid than most

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Winchester 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 Winchester 69 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Winchester heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 3,019
LPG Qualifies 730
Electric only Usually not 5,642

Of 44,407 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 Winchester

729 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 Winchester

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Winchester.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
SO21 Winchester 1,063 254 22.0%
SO24 Alresford 959 177 31.0%
SO32 Southampton 843 195 11.9%
GU32 Petersfield 579 132 17.7%
PO17 Fareham 295 92 15.9%

Other authorities in South East