Skip to content
Off‑Gas Grant

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

£9,000 heat pump grant in South Hams

5,120 oil and 1,281 LPG heated homes in South Hams sit off the gas grid, 17.4% of local properties.

How South Hams compares

Heavily off the gas grid

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

Least off-grid Most off-grid

17% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks South Hams 24 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How South Hams heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 5,120
LPG Qualifies 1,281
Electric only Usually not 8,630

Of 36,811 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 South Hams

773 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 South Hams

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside South Hams.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
TQ7 Kingsbridge 1,984 440 31.6%
TQ9 Totnes 956 308 16.5%
TQ6 Dartmouth 566 115 15.1%
PL21 Ivybridge 440 123 8.9%
PL8 Plymouth 290 66 15.8%
TQ10 South Brent 256 57 22.3%
TQ8 Salcombe 140 39 11.8%
TQ11 Buckfastleigh 76 18 6.5%

Other authorities in South West