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Off‑Gas Grant

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

Postcode district · Stockbridge

£9,000 heat pump grant in SO20

1,442 homes in SO20 run on oil or LPG, 53.9% of the district. They may qualify for £9,000 towards a heat pump.

How SO20 compares

Heavily off the gas grid

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in SO20 than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

54% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks SO20 51 of 718 districts for off-grid heating.

How SO20 heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 1,246
LPG Qualifies 196
Electric only Usually not 851

Of 2,673 properties with a current certificate.

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

Councils covering SO20

Postcode districts do not follow council boundaries.

Nearby districts in SO

Ranked by the number of oil and LPG heated homes.
DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
SO51 Romsey 1,079 376 14.4%
SO21 Winchester 1,063 254 22.0%
SO24 Alresford 959 177 31.0%
SO32 Southampton 843 195 11.9%
SO42 Brockenhurst 309 76 22.1%
SO43 Lyndhurst 267 51 20.7%

All districts in SO

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 SO20. Get the quote before the uplift closes on 31 March 2027: after that the same job is worth £7,500 instead.