£9,000 heat pump grant in Kirklees
461 oil and 282 LPG heated homes in Kirklees sit off the gas grid, 0.5% of local properties.
How Kirklees compares
Mostly on the gas grid
Most homes in Kirklees have a gas connection, so the off-gas uplift applies to relatively few of them.
1% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Kirklees 190 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.
How Kirklees heats its homes
Of 135,994 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 Kirklees
67 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.