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Off‑Gas Grant

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

Postcode district · Clacton-On-Sea

£9,000 heat pump grant in CO16

1,013 homes in CO16 run on oil or LPG, 10.5% of the district. They may qualify for £9,000 towards a heat pump.

How CO16 compares

More off-grid than most

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in CO16 than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

10% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks CO16 534 of 718 districts for off-grid heating.

How CO16 heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 871
LPG Qualifies 142
Electric only Usually not 1,402

Of 9,662 properties with a current certificate.

91 of them are privately rented. The grant closes on 31 March 2027.

Councils covering CO16

Postcode districts do not follow council boundaries.

Nearby districts in CO

Ranked by the number of oil and LPG heated homes.
DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
CO10 Sudbury 2,358 104 14.1%
CO6 Colchester 2,192 118 25.6%
CO9 Halstead 1,455 128 17.7%
CO7 Colchester 1,182 114 10.7%
CO5 Colchester 1,188 60 12.7%
CO11 Manningtree 358 24 7.2%
CO8 Bures 184 9 27.7%

All districts in CO

What to do next

The grant goes to your installer, who claims it for you, so the first step is finding an MCS-certified one who covers CO16. Get the quote before the uplift closes on 31 March 2027: after that the same job is worth £7,500 instead.