£9,000 heat pump grant in Powys
13,182 oil and 2,187 LPG heated homes in Powys sit off the gas grid, 34.0% of local properties.
How Powys compares
Heavily off the gas grid
Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Powys than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.
34% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Powys 2 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.
How Powys heats its homes
Of 45,202 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 Powys
1,904 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 Powys
Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Powys.
| District | Post town | Oil | LPG | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY10 | Oswestry | 2,161 | 242 | 49.3% |
| SY21 | Welshpool | 1,932 | 249 | 39.0% |
| SY22 | Llanymynech | 1,476 | 427 | 63.8% |
| LD3 | Brecon | 1,505 | 212 | 26.3% |
| SA9 | Swansea | 1,221 | 146 | 26.4% |
| HR3 | Hereford | 1,094 | 168 | 46.0% |
| SY16 | Newtown | 1,144 | 114 | 21.3% |
| LD1 | Llandrindod Wells | 950 | 194 | 26.8% |
| SY15 | Montgomery | 861 | 96 | 58.3% |
| SY20 | Machynlleth | 613 | 156 | 32.5% |
| SY17 | Caersws | 562 | 61 | 50.7% |
| LD2 | Builth Wells | 506 | 95 | 34.3% |
| LD8 | Presteigne | 445 | 84 | 35.5% |
| NP8 | Crickhowell | 442 | 77 | 30.8% |
| LD7 | Knighton | 410 | 56 | 29.8% |
| HR5 | Kington | 379 | 45 | 24.6% |
| SY18 | Llanidloes | 308 | 33 | 21.9% |
| LD5 | Llanwrtyd Wells | 120 | 101 | 51.8% |
| LD6 | Rhayader | 178 | 23 | 19.4% |
| SY19 | Llanbrynmair | 168 | 31 | 57.7% |