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Off‑Gas Grant

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

Postcode district · Bedale

£9,000 heat pump grant in DL8

2,776 homes in DL8 run on oil or LPG, 37.4% of the district. They may qualify for £9,000 towards a heat pump.

How DL8 compares

Heavily off the gas grid

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in DL8 than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

37% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks DL8 115 of 718 districts for off-grid heating.

How DL8 heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 2,474
LPG Qualifies 302
Electric only Usually not 1,589

Of 7,422 properties with a current certificate.

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

Councils covering DL8

Postcode districts do not follow council boundaries.

Nearby districts in DL

Ranked by the number of oil and LPG heated homes.
DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
DL13 Bishop Auckland 1,426 131 31.2%
DL11 Richmond 1,154 94 64.2%
DL12 Barnard Castle 954 88 22.5%
DL6 Northallerton 952 78 17.7%
DL2 Darlington 868 81 12.4%
DL7 Northallerton 843 105 17.1%
DL10 Richmond 782 82 14.1%

All districts in DL

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 DL8. Get the quote before the uplift closes on 31 March 2027: after that the same job is worth £7,500 instead.